Later Murders
Kraft is not known to have killed again until June 16, 1979, when he abducted a 20-year-old Marine named Donald Crisel. His body was thrown from a moving vehicle onto the 405 Freeway. The cause of death was listed as acute alcohol poisoning; although rope and burn marks indicated the Arkansas-born youth had been bound and tortured prior to his body being discarded.
Three months later, on August 29, the dismembered body of an unidentified youth was found behind a Union 76 gas station in Long Beach. Two weeks later, September 14, the body 20-year-old Gregory Jolley was found in Lake Arrowhead. Jolley had been emasculated and his head and legs had been severed after death. His personal possessions were later found at Kraft's home.
On November 24, 1979, a 15-year-old Santa Ana youth named Jeffrey Sayre is believed to have been abducted and murdered by Kraft. Sayre was last seen at a bus stop in the city of Westminster as he traveled home from a date with his girlfriend. The entry 'Westminster Date' upon Kraft's scorecard is believed to refer to Sayre.
On February 18, 1980, the decapitated body of a 19-year-old Marine named Mark Alan Marsh was found near the Templin Highway. Marsh was last seen hitchhiking towards Buena Park. His hands had also been severed from his body after death.
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