Richard McQuown. (Harrisburg police)
One year after the stabbing death of Richard McQuown, a state worker who was found beneath downtown Harrisburg’s Walnut Street bridge, police are once again calling attention to the open investigation in the hopes someone will come forward with new information.
“We need the public’s help at this time,” Dauphin County district attorney Ed Marsico said Thursday afternoon, adding that his office had increased the reward for a tip in the case to $5,000.
McQuown, 41, was found on the river walk on the morning of Nov. 1, 2014, having suffered multiple stab wounds. His body temperature indicated he was still alive, but he died soon after being transported to a local hospital, said Harrisburg police Capt. Gabriel Olivera.
According to police, McQuown had been out with his friends downtown the night before. Surveillance video captured him leaving MoMo’s BBQ and Grill on Market Street around 11:30 p.m., but police have not been able to determine where he went from there. Because it was a Friday night and Halloween, McQuown was quickly lost in the crowd, Olivera said.
He was next seen around 8 the next morning by a passerby, who did not initially call police because she believed he was homeless and sleeping under the bridge, police said. A second passerby came upon his body and called police around 10:30 a.m.
Police were able to track down an individual who used McQuown’s credit cards, but determined he was not involved in the death after corroborating his claim that he had found them on the ground. Detectives have had no success chasing down leads in recent months, and police said it had been some time since they had gotten any new tips or information.
Police described McQuown as a white male, 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighing between 170 and 180 pounds. He was clean shaven and wearing a navy blue Ricky Vaughn Cleveland Indians baseball jersey, a white shirt underneath and black high-top shoes when he died.
Anyone with information on the case is asked to contact Det. Richard Iachini at 717-255-3118 or Capt. Olivera at 717-255-6531. Tips can also be submitted via the Dauphin County Crime Stoppers tip line, 1-800-262-3080, or electronically at https://dauphin.crimewatchpa.com.
