描述
Confirmed Victims: 16
Suspected Kills: 67
Years Active: 1971-1983
Date of Birth: 3/19/45
Location: California, Oregon, Michigan – United States
Current Status: Imprisoned (Death Row)
Nickname: The Scorecard Killer / Freeway Killer / Southern California Strangler
Randy Kraft
Randy Kraft is a serial killer who kidnapped, raped and murdered more than 60 boys and young men before dumping them by California highways.
The intelligent Kraft worked and studied in Orange County after being discharged from the U.S. Air Force for informing superiors he was gay. He was first suspected of sexually assaulting a young teen in 1970, before murdering for the first time in ’71.
Kraft picked up many of his victims at the side of the road, luring them into his car with the offer of a ride, or drugs and alcohol. He used booze and tranquilizers to incapacitate his victims, before torturing, sexually abusing, and strangling them.
One of Kraft’s nicknames was The Freeway Killer because he dumped the bodies of most of his victims next to SoCal freeways. Kraft was caught when officers spotted him driving erratically in 1983. They pulled him over and found his latest murder victim bound on the passenger seat. He was dubbed ‘The Scorecard Killer’ because officers found a card in his possession listing code words for all of his 60+ victims.
Though he denies all crimes, Kraft was found guilty of 16 murders in 1989 and is still waiting on death row.