1155UMCA - Unidentified Male

Reconstructions of the victim (left by NCMEC, middle by Natalie Murry). To view a postmortem image, please click here.

Date of Discovery: February 5, 1973
Location of Discovery: Wilmington, Los Angeles County, California
Estimated Date of Death: 1-2 days prior
State of Remains: Recognizable face
Cause of Death: Homicide by strangulation

Physical Description

Estimated Age: 17-25 years old
Race: White
Sex: Male
Height: 5'7 to 5'8"
Weight: 138 to 143 lbs.
Hair: Brown, medium-length. Unshaven, scruffy beard on cheeks and neck with a thin mustache.
Eye Color: Brown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Slender build and fair complexion. Numerous thin, old scars on his lower right leg. Type "A" blood.

Identifiers

Dentals: Available. Several fillings in teeth.
Fingerprints: Available.
DNA: Not available.

Clothing & Personal Items

Clothing: One brown sock.
Jewelry: None.
Additional Personal Items: None.

Circumstances of Discovery

The victim was found nude in a ditch beside the Terminal Island Freeway at the Pacific Coast Highway. He is believed to be a victim of serial killer Randy Kraft.

Kraft kept a "scorecard" of his victims, one of which was referred to as "Wilmington." The unidentified male had been sodomized with a brown sock, which the suspect commonly did to his victims.

At least two other Kraft victims remain unidentified, 2475UMCA and 1281UMOR. About twenty more remain unrecovered, such as Paul Joseph Fuchs He killed up to 67 victims between 1971 and 1983.

Investigating Agency(s)

Agency Name: Los Angeles County Coroner
Agency Contact Person: Betsy Magdaleno
Agency Phone Number: 323-343-0512
Agency E-Mail: idunit(at)coroner.lacounty.gov
Agency Case Number: 73-02574

Agency Name: Los Angeles Police Department - Harbor Division
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 310-726-7888
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: 1973-008952

NCIC Case Number: U393792601
NamUs Case Number: 4465
NCMEC Case Number: 1184198
Former Hot Case Number: 886

Information Source(s)

NamUs
NCMEC
Los Angeles County Coroner's Office
Randy Kraft on Wikipedia
Natalie Murry
Crime Library

Admin Notes

Added: 12/28/07 Last Updated: 5/29/19