260. The Scorecard Killer: Randy Kraft
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In the early hours of May 14, 1983, two California Highway Patrol officers pulled over a suspected drunk driver on the San Diego Freeway in Mission Viejo, California. Instead of staying in his vehicle, the driver jumped out, pouring the contents of a beer bottle onto the road as he exited. His disheveled appearance caught the officers' attention as he approached their patrol car. The officers asked for the man’s driver’s license, and he readily admitted that he had been drinking beer, but he claimed to be sober. Sergeant Michael Howard approached the vehicle and noticed a man slumped in the passenger's seat, partially obscured by a jacket, with empty beer bottles strewn around his feet. A folding knife was visible on the driver's seat. Howard tapped on the window, but there was no response. The man was unconscious and had no shoes on. His pants were unzipped, with his g******s hanging out of his pants. The officer attempted to find a pulse, but there was none. A closer look at the man indicated that the man had been strangled. This standard DUI arrest just changed to murder, but this is far from the only murder this man would commit.  Join Jen and Cam of ‘Our True Crime Podcast’ as we discuss “The Scorecard Killer: Randy Kraft.” Listener discretion is by the talented @octoberpodVHS All music is by our executive producer @theinkypawprint Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_of_Darkness_(book) https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/serial-killer/the-scorecard-killer-southern-california-man-may-have-murdered-as-many-as-67-victims https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Kraft#Conviction_and_incarceration https://randykraft.com/the-victims/ https://latimes.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-randy-kraft/138310135/?locale=en-US https://skdb.fandom.com/wiki/KRAFT_Randy_Steven https://inmagazine.ca/2022/03/queer-crime-was-serial-killer-randy-kraft-wrongly-convicted/ https://www.reddit.com/r/serialkillers/comments/15wby08/all_randy_krafts_victims_suspected_connected_and/ https://www.ranker.com/list/randy-kraft-facts/christinatedesco http://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/Psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Kraft,%20Randy%20_spring%202007_.pdf https://www.foxnews.com/us/iowa-teen-identified-victim-scorecard-killer-randy-kraft-nearly-50-years https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ca-supreme-court/1402694.html https://www.allgaylong.com/blog/randy-kraft-the-sadistic-scorecard-killer/ https://bonlinetr.unionjill.org/content?c=scorecard+killer&id=12 https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-11-29/scorecard-killer-victim-identified-michael-ray-schlicht-orange-county-randy-kraft br...
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