Name: Ronald David Kruska
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: October 10, 1978
Location Last Seen: Saugus, Los Angeles County, California
Date of Birth: April 23, 1960
Age: 18 years old
Race: White
Gender: Male
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 165 lbs.
Hair Color: Blond/Strawberry
Eye Color: Blue
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Dragon tattoo on upper right arm with Japanese lettering below the dragon, Viking warrior tattoo on left arm
Dentals: Available
Fingerprints: Not Available
DNA: Available
Clothing: Blue Levis jeans
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Tan tennis shoes, Khaki backpack
Ronald Kruska was last seen hitchhiking from his Canyon Country home, down Interstate 5. Kruska was running with the wrong crowd, drinking and using marijuana, but he wanted to join the federal Job Corps, and he looked forward to being in his sister's wedding.
Kruska's family didn't report him missing until February 1979, four months after a friend dropped him off near the I-5 to hitchhike. The former Saugus High School football player hasn't been heard from since.
Agency Name: Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department
Agency Contact Person: Detective Tamar Abraham
Agency Phone Number: 323-890-5500
Agency E-Mail: tlabraha@lasd.org
Agency Case Number: 079-00836-0679-400
NamUs Case Number: 17575
NCIC Case Number: Unknown
Added: Prior to 2011; Last Updated: 11-13-2021 - By: Htmlcnvtr
Questions or comments? Please contact appropriate member of the Area Team
** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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