CA - Unidentified & possible missing victims of Randy Kraft, 1971-1983

[AkitasAreLovely]

Marion County John Doe 1980, a very likely victim of Randy Kraft and the possible alias of Portland Elk, has their namus down: https://🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬/wiki/Marion_County_John_Doe_(1980)

Also DoeNetwork said they were identified as well.

 

[AkitasAreLovely]

Rest in peace, Larry Parks.

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Now, it looks like there are only two suspected unidentified victims of Kraft left who had been located. Both Wilmington John Does found in February and April of 1973.

 

[Warwick1991]

I know that it was discussed a year ago, but I was thinking about the .22 caliber Winchester rifle found in Kraft's possession. I think this is a "souvenir" taken from a victim. These kinds of .22 caliber rifles were used for casual target shooting or on small game. They wouldn't have anything to do with Kraft's military service, and reading about Kraft, wouldn't be the type of item he'd buy, IMO. In addition, many older .22 rifles made in the US had no serial numbers. Many such rifles were "take down" models, with a screw on the stock that allowed easy disassembly for travel. Serial numbers were required after the Gun Control Act of 1968, but there were thousands of .22 caliber rifles in circulation without one.

My thought is the rifle was one of the possessions of a hitchhiker that Kraft picked up, probably disassembled for travel. The initials EMD were on the rifle. Those initials could be the initials of a former owner, or perhaps a family member of the owner. JMO

 

[Warwick1991]

I thought about the rifle, because there's no identified victim with the initials EMD, and I have not found any firearms manufacturer that made .22 caliber rifles at that time named EMD. Perhaps Wayne Dukette had a family member with those initials.

 

[ys13]

A while ago, I came across two articles about David Michael Sandt who was found stabbed to death with his pants pulled down in the yard of a vacant house near the intersection of Second St and Kennebec in Long Beach on January 13, 1975. He was about the same age as Randy Kraft's first known victim, Wayne Joseph Dukette. So far, I have been unable to learn if Mr. Sandt's homicide was ever solved.
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The location of his body was only a few blocks from where Randy Kraft was living at the time and David Sandt's homicide occurred between John Leras ("skates") and Craig Jonaites ("golden sails"). Interestingly, the Social Security Death Index states that David Michael Sandt's Social Security number was issued in Iowa. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V3XL-V47

You sir are a genius. David Michael Sandt is considered to be a likely Kraft victim, with him most likely being "Hara-Kiri" on Krafts scorecard.

 

[littlemissdoe]

I know that it was discussed a year ago, but I was thinking about the .22 caliber Winchester rifle found in Kraft's possession. I think this is a "souvenir" taken from a victim. These kinds of .22 caliber rifles were used for casual target shooting or on small game. They wouldn't have anything to do with Kraft's military service, and reading about Kraft, wouldn't be the type of item he'd buy, IMO. In addition, many older .22 rifles made in the US had no serial numbers. Many such rifles were "take down" models, with a screw on the stock that allowed easy disassembly for travel. Serial numbers were required after the Gun Control Act of 1968, but there were thousands of .22 caliber rifles in circulation without one.

My thought is the rifle was one of the possessions of a hitchhiker that Kraft picked up, probably disassembled for travel. The initials EMD were on the rifle. Those initials could be the initials of a former owner, or perhaps a family member of the owner. JMO

Was it EMD? Or EDM? Because Edward Daniel Moore was a victim of his.