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THE VICTIMS

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Compiled by Times staff writer Jerry Hicks

Here is a list of the young men Kraft killed:

Terry Lee Gambrel, 25, stationed at El Toro Marine Corps Air Station, found dead in Kraft’s car when Kraft was arrested May 14, 1983, on Interstate 5 in Mission Viejo.

Rodger James DeVaul Jr., 20, of Buena Park. His body was found Feb. 13, 1983, in Angeles National Forest north of Claremont Men’s College, where Kraft graduated.

Geoffrey Alan Nelson, 18, of Buena Park. Last seen with DeVaul on Feb. 12, 1983, he was found dead at 5:20 that morning on the Euclid Street on-ramp to the Garden Grove Freeway in Garden Grove.

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Eric Herbert Church, 21, of Coventry, Conn. He was found dead Jan. 27, 1983, along the northbound San Diego Freeway on-ramp to the San Gabriel River Freeway in Seal Beach.

Robert Wyatt Loggins Jr., 19, a Tustin Marine. His decomposed body was found in a plastic bag Sept. 3, 1980, on a dead-end El Toro street.

Donnie Harold Crisel, 20, a Tustin Marine. Found June 16, 1979, on the northbound Irvine Center Drive on-ramp to the San Diego Freeway in Irvine.

Michael Joseph Inderbieten, 21, of Long Beach. Found Nov. 18, 1978, on the northbound 7th Street on-ramp to the San Diego and San Gabriel River freeways.

Keith Arthur Klingbeil, 23, of Everett, Wash. Found July 6, 1978, on northbound Interstate 5 in Mission Viejo, less than half a mile from where Kraft was later arrested.

Richard Allen Keith, 20, a Camp Pendleton Marine. Found June 19, 1978, along Moulton Parkway in Laguna Hills.

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Roland Gerald Young, 23, of Maywood. Found June 11, 1978, on Irvine Center Drive in Irvine, shortly after he was released from Orange County Jail on a public drunkenness charge.

Scott Michael Hughes, 18, a Camp Pendleton Marine. Found April 16, 1978, on the Euclid Street on-ramp to the eastbound Riverside Freeway.

Mark Howard Hall, 22, of Santa Ana. Found Jan. 3, 1976, near Bedford Peak in Silverado Canyon.

Keith Daven Crotwell, 19, of Long Beach. His head was found on May 8, 1975, washed up near a marina jetty. His body was found in Laguna Hills on Oct. 18, 1975, but no one realized the pieces were of the same corpse until after Kraft’s arrest. Crotwell was last seen alive riding in a car with Kraft after they met at the Belmont Plaza parking lot.

Ronnie Gene Wiebe, 20, of Fullerton. Found July 30, 1973, on the eastbound 7th Street on-ramp to the San Diego Freeway in Seal Beach.

John Doe (never identified), found April 4, 1973, along Ellis Avenue in Huntington Beach.

Edward Daniel Moore, 20, a Camp Pendleton Marine. Found Dec. 26, 1972, on the 7th Street off-ramp of the San Gabriel River Freeway in Seal Beach.

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