{"id":2433179,"date":"2025-05-10T10:26:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T14:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/decades-old-oregon-death-may-be-linked-to-california-serial-killer-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-05-10T10:27:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T14:27:35","slug":"decades-old-oregon-death-may-be-linked-to-california-serial-killer-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/decades-old-oregon-death-may-be-linked-to-california-serial-killer-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Decades-old Oregon death may be linked to California serial killer &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdecades-old-oregon-death-may-be-linked-to-california-serial-killer-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2433179&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A nearly 45-year-old unsolved death in Oregon has been linked to notorious California serial killer Randy Kraft, known as the &#8220;Scorecard Killer.&#8221; The victim, identified as Larry Eugene Parks, was found dead along Interstate 5 in July 1980. Oregon State Police have stated that Kraft, who is serving a death sentence for the murders of 16 men, is the sole person of interest in this case. Evidence is currently being processed to confirm the connection. Parks, a Vietnam veteran who had lost contact with his family in 1979, was identified through forensic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-accused-of-serial-rapes-in-boston-faces-new-charges\/\" title=\"Boston serial rape suspect faces additional charges.\">investigative genetic genealogy<\/a> after a request for assistance from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iowa-teens-murder-solved-50-years-to-the-day-after-her-body-was-found\/\" title=\"Iowa Teen\u2019s Murder Solved 50 Years To The Day After Her Body Was Found\">cold case unit<\/a> in California. Until this identification, his disappearance remained a mystery to his family. Kraft has denied involvement in any killings despite the evidence against him, which includes a coded list of potential victims found in his car during a traffic stop.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Decades-old death in Oregon potentially linked to notorious California serial killer<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2117990\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A man who was found dead along Interstate 5 in <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/oregon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Oregon<\/a> has been identified after nearly 45 years and police say a notorious <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">California<\/a> serial killer is the sole person of interest in the case.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old was identified Friday as Larry Eugene Parks. Oregon State Police spokesperson Kyle Kennedy said Randy Kraft, who has been dubbed the &ldquo;Scorecard Killer,&rdquo; is the only person under investigation for the 1980 killing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3406996\/newark-mayor-ras-baraka-arrested-protest-lawmakers-stormed-ice-prison\/\">Newark mayor arrested during protest where lawmakers &#8216;stormed&#8217; ICE prison<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3405168\/prisons-reopening-trump-administration-immigration-deportation-efforts\/\">Trump moves to reopen prisons and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >shuttered immigrant detention facilities<\/a> for ICE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/3404210\/the-great-supply-chain-robbery\/\">The great supply chain robbery<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s some evidence that we&rsquo;re processing to determine that link,&rdquo; Kennedy said. &ldquo;We are very confident that we have the correct person of interest.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3406431\/pope-leo-xiv-first-mass-supreme-pontiff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">POPE LEO XIV HOLDS FIRST MASS AS SUPREME PONTIFF, URGES EVANGELIZATION AGAINST &lsquo;LOSS OF MEANING&rsquo;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kraft, now 80, was convicted in 1989 of brutalizing and killing 16 men over a decade in California and sentenced to death. He remains incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison and has denied killing anyone.<\/p>\n<p>On July 18, 1980, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-christmas-day-explosion-in-nashville-deemed-intentional-by-police-videos\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Christmas Day Explosion in Nashville Deemed \u2018Intentional\u2019 By ... (VIDEOS)\">police responded<\/a> to a report of a body now identified as Parks along I-5 south of Portland near Woodburn. Police opened a homicide investigation at the time and unsuccessfully tried to identify the victim.<\/p>\n<p>Parks, a Vietnam veteran whose family had lost contact with him in 1979, had last been seen in Pensacola, Florida, police said.<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/police-shooting-wrongful-death-lawsuit-96414cd749381cf19f9d80f5906f8939\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/propalestinian-stanford-protesters-arrests-charges-88b82d95fd56dfd16f97c0a576f7cd86\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/wildfires-pollution-climate-change-deaths-9b8c7459e1f27b7688a137a9f4ef0929\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kraft was pulled over in his vehicle on a California freeway in 1983 after a trooper spotted him driving erratically. In the passenger seat of the vehicle was a strangled U.S. Marine. In the trunk of Kraft&rsquo;s vehicle was a coded list believed to tally 67 victims in California, Oregon and Michigan, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors described Kraft, a former computer programmer, as a fetishist who kept some of the dismembered parts of his victims in his freezer.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, an Orange County Sheriff&rsquo;s Department investigator reached out to the Oregon State Police Cold Case Unit and offered to help identify the remains using forensic investigative genetic genealogy. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/celeb-backed-rodney-reed-case-victims-sister-says-reed-a-serial-rapist-and-murderer-new-testimony-not-credible\/\" title=\"Celeb-Backed Rodney Reed ...: Victim\u2019s Sister Says Reed \u2018A Serial Rapist And Murderer,\u2019 New Testimony Not Credible\u00a0\">genetic profile<\/a> was developed from a blood sample and Parks&rsquo; identity was confirmed after possible family members submitted DNA profiles for comparison, according to police.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3400188\/luigi-mangione-state-murder-charges-evidence-suppressed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">LUIGI MANGIONE REQUESTS STATE MURDER CHARGES BE DROPPED, EVIDENCE SUPPRESSED<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Until his identification last month, the circumstances of his disappearance were unknown to his family, police said.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/serial-killer-victim-identified-california-iowa-365a4bb6c184f351125969f71d4f74d7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">remains of a teenager<\/a>&nbsp;believed to have been killed by Kraft in California were also identified using investigative genetic genealogy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2117990\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2117990\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Decades-old Oregon death may be tied to infamous California killer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":2433180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Police_Line_Crime_scene_jj3.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[6642,45535,38823],"class_list":["post-2433179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-oregon","tag-serial-killer","tag-true-crime"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Police_Line_Crime_scene_jj3.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2433179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2433179"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2433179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2433183,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2433179\/revisions\/2433183"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2433180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2433179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2433179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2433179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}