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14 Unseen Photos Of The Hillside Strangler Murders. In the late 1970s, Los Angeles was a hotbed for serial killers. Randy Kraft roamed Southern California's seemingly endless network of highways, murdering young men.
- A Water Tank and Two Bodies
- Deadly Cocktails at The Amway Grand
- A Break on A California Highway
- Recorded in Notebook: “Gr2”
- Nearly 3 Decades on Death Row
- Incomplete Family Photos
It’s a steady climb up and around tree-lined curves heading west on Buth Drive NW from West River Drive, past century-old farm houses. In a clearing on the left, a massive water tank — stark, white — occupies the highest ground. Save for an occasional maintenance worker, Plainfield Township’s water tank gets few visitors. And why would it? But on D...
The cousins had last been seen alive two nights before their bodies were found at the annual horticulture convention at the Amway Grand Plaza in Grand Rapids. It was a big deal for fruit farmers: a chance to learn more about their trade and trade stories. It’s where the Michigan Apple Queen was crowned. They had drinks that night at Tootsie Van Kel...
In May 1983, six months after the murders in Grand Rapids, there was a break more than 2,000 miles away on a highway in southern California. California Highway Patrol pulled over then-38-year-old Randy Kraft for driving erratically on Interstate 5 in Mission Viejo. In the passenger seat of his Toyota Celica, they found a dying Marine — Kraft’s last...
California police sent out a nationwide alert looking for victims killed under similar circumstances. “Does anyone have information regarding males strangled, diazepam, body parts mutilated, things of that nature?” Rusticus remembered the note. It caught the attention of Kent County detectives. “There were actually, believe it or not, about 11 thin...
In 1989, after a California jury convicted Kraft of 16 murders in that state, Schoenborn’s and Alt’s moms testified at his death penalty hearing in Los Angeles. As a devout Catholic, Schoenborn’s mom struggled with the death penalty. She went to her priest for help. “He said, ‘You will find in the Bible that says an eye for an eye and a tooth for a...
Schoenborn’s mom says she has since tried to learn more about Kraft and even bought a book about him. “What is the mind of a serial killer like? What makes them do that they do?” she said. He was, according to reports, a high school honors student, played tennis and spent a year in the U.S. Air Force. He also had two prior arrests, both for lewd co...
Nov 9, 2018 · California Highway Patrol pulled over then-38-year-old Randy Kraft for driving erratically on Interstate 5 in Mission Viejo. In the passenger seat of his Toyota Celica, they found a dying...
Mar 8, 1987 · Randy Steven Kraft, a former Long Beach computer consultant, has been accused in Orange County Superior Court of killing 37 young men in three states over a 12-year period.
Apr 18, 2018 · Kraft was arrested on the spot. Upon a more thorough inspection of his car, a startling amount of incriminating evidence was discovered: over 70 photos of dead or unconscious men, large amounts of drugs and alcohol, bloodstained seats. And in the trunk investigators found a coded, hand-written list.
Aug 12, 1989 · Orange County Sheriff’s Department investigators quickly linked Kraft to more than a dozen murders, based on evidence found in his car and his home: Pictures of some victims in death and in...
