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Liyang Yuan
Status: HOMICIDE
City: Portland
State: Oregon
County: Multnomah County
Date of birth: October 7, 1962
Date of death: July 3, 1991
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Race: Asian
Cause of death: Ligature Strangulation
Anniversary month: July
LEA: Portland Bureau of Police, Portland, Oregon
Case Description
Li Yang Yuan, a 29-year-old woman from China, was here on a visitor’s visa with her husband, living in Portland. On the evening of July 3, 1991, her husband came home to their studio apartment at the Jefferson Plaza at 1515 SW Jefferson Street to find her deceased. An autopsy concluded that Li Yang had died as a result of strangulation. It was reported that Ms. Yuan had been romantically involved with others outside of her marriage. Li Yang was last seen leaving the apartment building that morning. Li Yang was employed at The Mandarin Cove Chinese restaurant on SW Columbia Street, as well as a Chinese herb shop on 82nd Avenue. In China, Li Yang taught English classes at a university in China.
If you have any information on the unsolved homicide ofr Li Yan Yuan please call the Cold Case Homicide Unit investigators directly at (503) 823-4357. To remain anonymous, witnesses may provide information through Crime Stoppers of Oregon.
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