Name: Bruce Howard Kremen
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: July 13, 1960
Location Last Seen: Angeles National Forest, Los Angeles County, California
Date of Birth: July 21, 1953
Age: 6 years old
Race: White
Gender: Male
Height: 4'5"
Weight: 65 lbs.
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown
Dentals: Not Available
Fingerprints: Not Available
DNA: Available
Clothing: Blue jeans and a white t-shirt with the words "Summer Fun Club" printed on the front.
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Bruce was last seen on July 13, 1960. He was on a hike with a group of 80 other boys from the YMCA's "Summer Fun Club" and somehow got separated from the rest of the boys. Despite massive searches, no trace of him was found.
He is suspected to have been one of the victims of Mack Ray Edwards, who, on March 6, 1970, surrendered himself to Los Angeles police and confessed to molesting and murdering 6 children between 1953 and 1970. He was arrested, pled guilty to three of the killings, and was sentenced to death. Before committing suicide in his cell on death row in 1971, he claimed to have murdered 18 children.
Edwards was convicted of the murders of Gary Rocha (also seen in news articles with the last name of Rochet), Donald Allen Todd, and Stella Darlene Nolan. The remaining three confessed killings were that of Donald Lee Baker, Brenda Jo Howell, and Roger Dale Madison. He is suspected also in the disappearances of Karen Lynn Tompkins, Thomas Eldon Bowman, Ramona Irene Price, and the murder of Dorothy Gale Brown.
Agency Name: Los Angeles Police Department
Agency Contact Person: Det. Vivian Flores
Agency Phone Number: 877-275-5273
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: 069925303
NamUs Case Number: 4624
NCIC Case Number: M166041626
NCMEC Case Number: 1156437
NamUs
NCMEC
Pasadena Star News - Aug. 5, 1960
Bakersfield Californian - Jul. 17, 1961
Los Angeles Times - Mar. 17, 2007
Added: 09/28/2006; Last Updated: 01/05/2024 - By: hb
Questions or comments? Please contact appropriate member of the Area Team
** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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