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45-Year-Old Oregon Cold Case Solved, Serial Killer Randy Kraft Named Suspect

Larry Eugene Parks, a Vietnam veteran, has been identified as the victim of a 1980 homicide, with Randy Kraft, the 'Scorecard Killer,' under investigation as the sole suspect.

FILE - Randy Kraft listens inside a courtroom in Santa Ana, Calif., Aug. 11, 1989, as a jury recommends he should die in the gas chamber for his two-decade spree of sexual violence and mutilation that left at least 16 young men and boys dead. (AP Photo/Alan Greth, File)
Randy Kraft in 1989 in Santa Ana, Calif.
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Overview

  • Larry Eugene Parks, whose body was found along Interstate 5 in Oregon in 1980, has been identified through forensic genetic genealogy after nearly 45 years.
  • Randy Kraft, a convicted serial killer known as the 'Scorecard Killer,' is the sole person of interest in Parks' murder, according to Oregon State Police.
  • Investigators confirmed Parks' identity by comparing DNA from his remains with profiles submitted by potential family members, facilitated by a collaboration between Oregon and California law enforcement.
  • Kraft, now 80 and incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison, was convicted in 1989 of 16 murders and is suspected of killing over 60 men across the West Coast and Michigan.
  • Authorities are processing evidence to strengthen the link between Kraft and Parks' death, bringing renewed focus to solving other possible cold cases tied to the serial killer.