Redmond police seek help in 2021 unsolved homicide
Published 4:00 pm Thursday, February 22, 2024
- Dustin Hilsendager, a Redmond resident, was discovered with a gunshot wound in his Mercedes-Benz shortly after 2 a.m. on Dec. 30, 2021, on Southwest Canal Boulevard near Southwest Umatilla Avenue.
REDMOND — Redmond police asked for the public’s assistance Wednesday to help solve a 2-year-old homicide.
Dustin Hilsendager, of Redmond, was discovered in his Mercedes-Benz with a gunshot wound shortly after 2 a.m. on Dec. 30, 2021, said Lt. Eric Beckwith, a spokesperson for the Redmond Police Department.
Initially, law enforcement officers thought they were responding to a crash on Southwest Canal Boulevard near Southwest Umatilla Avenue until they discovered Hilsendager, 26, in the car, Beckwith said.
More than two years after his death, police have no suspects in the case.
“The Redmond Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance for any information that may lead to the resolution of this unsolved case, RPD case #2021-33016,” according to news release from the police department.
Beckwith said anyone with recollection of the event or information about Hilsendager should contact Sgt. Tyler Kirk at 541-504-3488 or tyler.kirk@redmondoregon.gov.
