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发帖数: 7299 | 1 连环杀手--兰迪 史蒂芬 卡夫(Randy Steven Kraft)
姓名∶Randy Steven Kraft
外号∶记分卡杀手（Score-Card Killer）
出生日期∶1945年3月19日
现况∶在加利福尼亚州的圣昆廷州立监狱里服刑
杀人数目∶16+人,均为男性(也有人认为，受害人应至少67人)
杀人方法∶麻醉，捆绑，折磨
犯案地点∶美国加利福尼亚州(California)
杀人时期：1971年至1983年
被捕日期∶1983年5月14日
Randy Steven Kraft是一名美国连环杀手。虽然他被控谋杀了16人，但是他涉嫌谋杀了
至少67人。在1971-1983年期间，在加利福尼亚的高速公路上发生了很多命案。所有的
受害人都是年轻男子和少年，大多数受害人生前都遭受了折磨和X虐待。一些人还被焚
尸。许多受害人生前饮用了大量的酒和镇定剂。但直到1983年5月14日，Randy Steven
Kraft才被捕获。他还用密码为所有受害人编写了一个名单。在1988年，法庭判定他无
罪，但是他自己供认了所有罪行，并被判死刑，但尚未行刑。他现在还在监狱的死亡名
单上。
World of Criminal Justice on Randy Steven Kraft
Nicknamed "The Scorecard Killer," Randy Steven Kraft prowled the nation's
highways from 1971 to 1983. Kraft was a soft-spoken computer consultant who
traveled frequently on business. On highways, the sexual predator picked up
young male hitch-hikers, including several U.S. Marines. Doping his
passengers with Valium and liquor, he raped, tortured, and killed them,
often in his car, before dumping their bodies by roadsides. In 1989, an
Orange County, California, jury convicted Kraft of sixteen murders, but
authorities believed that the real total was many times higher. Their
estimate was based on a bizarre list. Written in a code that Kraft never
divulged, prosecutors alleged that it was a scorecard, a personal log of
dozens of sexual murders.
Quite by accident, the California Highway Patrol made a hideous discovery in
May 1983. Noticing a vehicle weaving in traffic, officers stopped a Toyota
with two men it. The 38-year old driver, Kraft, failed a sobriety test and
was placed in the squad car while an officer went to speak to the passenger.
Found propped upright was the corpse of Terry Lee Gambrel, a 25-year old U.
S. Marine who had been missing since the day before after saying he was
going to hitch-hike to a party. Gambrel's neck and wrists bore ligature
marks that indicated he had been bound, and his pants were down. The car was
saturated with blood. Searches only increased suspicions of other grisley
acts. Under the floor mat of Kraft's car and in his house, detectives found
photographs--some sexually explicit--of men who had been murdered. They also
discovered clothing and personal articles belonging to the dead men.
After lengthy legal delays, Kraft went on trial for sixteen murders in 1989.
Tying together the crimes were common threads. The victims were males
between the ages of 18 and 25, six were Marines, and all had been
hitchhiking. Most had died from strangulation, many had ligature marks on
their wrists, and most had a combination of alcohol and prescription drugs
in their bloodstreams. Some were sexually mutilated.
In addition to the photos and other physical evidence, prosecutors built
their case partly on the strange list. They argued that its series of
cryptic entries was a record of his slayings, made up of physical details
and locations. "MC HB TATOO," for instance, allegedly referred to Robert
Wyatt Loggins, a 19-year old U.S. Marine slain in 1980; Loggins had several
tattoos, and his nude, strangled body was found in Huntington Beach,
California. "MARINE CARSON" was said to be Richard Keith, a 20-year-old
United States Marine last known to be hitchhiking in Carson, Los Angeles
County before his nude corpse turned up. Other codes eerily hinted at
multiple slayings, such as -2 IN 1 BEACH."
Unable to crack all the codes, prosecutors maintained that Kraft probably
killed 62 men, a number that would make him one of the top five serial
killers in the nation's history. He maintained his innocence but was
convicted and sentenced to death. In August of 2000, the California Supreme
Court rejected his appeal.
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