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{{UID|name = Wilmington John Doe {{Featured case}}|image = [[File:Wilmington John Doe.jpg|200px]]|race = {{White}}|sex = {{M}}|found =February 5, 1973|location = Wilmington, California|postmortem interval = Hours|age approximation = 17-25|cause of death = {{Strang}}|height approximation = 5'8|weight approximation = 138-143 pounds|body condition = {{rf}}|span = {{age|1973|02|05}}}}{{Graphic}}
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{{Graphic notice}}{{UID_Infobox|title1=Wilmington John Doe|image1=Wilmington John Doe.jpg|caption1=|discovered=February 6, 1973|span={{age|1973|2|5}}|sex={{M}}|location=Wilmington, California|age=17-25|race={{White}}|height=5'8|condition={{rf}}|weight=138 - 143 pounds|pmi=1-2 days|cod={{strang}}}}'''Wilmington John Doe''' was a young man found strangled in 1973. He is believed to be one of Randy Steven Kraft's victims.
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'''Wilmington John Doe''' was a young man found strangled in 1973. He is believed to be one of Randy Steven Kraft's victims.
  
   
 
== Case ==
  
== Case ==
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The victim was discovered by Long Beach police at around 11:30 AM on February 6, 1973. He was found naked in a ditch off the Terminal Island Freeway in Wilmington, California with a ligature mark around his neck. Police believe the victim had likely been garroted with a piano wire. A brown sock was also found stuffed up his rectum, and Kraft often sodomized his victim's with socks.
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The victim had been strangled and was left naked on the side of a California road. While he never confessed, serial killer Randy Kraft is believed to be responsible for the victim's death, as the victim was sodomized with a sock, which was one of Kraft's signature traits.
  
   
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Local members of the LGBTQ+ community came forward and said they had seen the victim soliciting tricks along Belmont Shore, but were unable to recall his name.
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[[Wilmington John Doe (April 1973)|Another suspected victim of Kraft]] was found in the same city later that year.
  
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The victim was believed to have been entered on Randy Kraft's scorecard as "WILMINGTON". Kraft was never formally charged with the decedent's murder, and has not confessed to the crime or given any information that may lead to the decedent's identification, as he falsely maintains his innocence.
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Other suspected and potential victims of Kraft include [[Wilmington John Doe (April 1973)]], [[Marion County John Doe (1980)]], [https://int-missing.fandom.com/wiki/Jeff_Sayre Jeff Sayre], [https://int-missing.fandom.com/wiki/Paul_Fuchs Paul Fuchs], [[Keith Jackson]], [[Kevin Clark Bailey]] and [[Oral Stuart Jr.]]
   
 
== Characteristics ==
  
== Characteristics ==
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== Exclusions ==
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* [https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/28176 John Corbett]
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* [https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/37983 Glen Walls]
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* [https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/33342 Robert Newborg]
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* [https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/38268/details Alan Bourque]
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* [https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/39511 Melvin Murphy]
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*[https://int-missing.fandom.com/wiki/Ralph_Miller Ralph Miller]
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== Sources ==
   
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==Sources==
  
 
*{{NamUs|4465|Wilmington John Doe}} {{PM}}
  
*{{NamUs|4465|Wilmington John Doe}} {{PM}}
 
*{{NCMEC|1184198|Wilmington John Doe}}
  
*{{NCMEC|1184198|Wilmington John Doe}}
 
*{{Doe Network|1155umca.html|Wilmington John Doe}}
  
*{{Doe Network|1155umca.html|Wilmington John Doe}}
 
*{{Wikipedia|Randy_Kraft|Randy Kraft}}
  
*{{Wikipedia|Randy_Kraft|Randy Kraft}}
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*''Angel of Darkness: The True Story of Randy Kraft and the Most Heinous Murder Spree''
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Wilmington John Doe was a young man found strangled in 1973. He is believed to be one of Randy Steven Kraft's victims.

Case

The victim was discovered by Long Beach police at around 11:30 AM on February 6, 1973. He was found naked in a ditch off the Terminal Island Freeway in Wilmington, California with a ligature mark around his neck. Police believe the victim had likely been garroted with a piano wire. A brown sock was also found stuffed up his rectum, and Kraft often sodomized his victim's with socks.

Local members of the LGBTQ+ community came forward and said they had seen the victim soliciting tricks along Belmont Shore, but were unable to recall his name.

The victim was believed to have been entered on Randy Kraft's scorecard as "WILMINGTON". Kraft was never formally charged with the decedent's murder, and has not confessed to the crime or given any information that may lead to the decedent's identification, as he falsely maintains his innocence.

Other suspected and potential victims of Kraft include Wilmington John Doe (April 1973), Marion County John Doe (1980), Jeff Sayre, Paul Fuchs, Keith Jackson, Kevin Clark Bailey and Oral Stuart Jr.

Characteristics

  • Brown hair.
  • Brown eyes.
  • Several long, thin scars on his lower right leg.
  • Type A blood.

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Exclusions

Sources

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