Gresham police asking for help solving 2021 murder

GRESHAM Ore. (KPTV) – The Gresham Police Department is asking for the public’s help in solving an unsolved 2021 murder.

Officers first responded Nov. 28 around 8:45 p.m. to Pat Pfeifer Park near NE 172nd Avenue and NE Glisan Street on reports of an unresponsive man.

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Arriving officers found the body of 24-year-old Jose Juan Santos-Elias of Portland, dead from a gunshot wound.

The Gresham P.D. says several people around the park were interviewed but investigators believe Santos-Elias was there only for a short time before being found by the people who reported his body.

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Police ask anyone with information or who witnessed the murder to call the Gresham P.D. tip line at (503) 618-2719 or 1-888-989-3505.

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