Overview

• Larry Eugene Parks, a Vietnam veteran last seen in 1979, was identified as the victim of a 1980 homicide in Oregon using forensic genetic genealogy.
• Randy Kraft, the convicted 'Scorecard Killer,' has been named the sole person of interest in Parks's murder by Oregon State Police.
• Investigators are analyzing evidence to establish a definitive link between Kraft and Parks's death, with case files sent to the Orange County District Attorney's Office.
• Kraft, incarcerated since 1989, was convicted of 16 murders in California and is suspected of killing over 60 men across the West Coast and Michigan.
• This identification highlights the growing role of interagency collaboration and modern DNA technology in solving decades-old cold cases.