Randy Steven Kraft By: Dylan Meyer

Background information Sexual Assault - an incident that involves sexual contact that is forced on somebody Background information FAMILY OBLIVIOUS TO SEXUALITY BECAME A DEMOCRAT IN 1967 FAILED TO GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE ON TIME FIRST SEXUAL ASSAULT CHARGE WAS DROPPED Born march 19, 1945 (age 71) in Long Beach, California Comes from a modest family (4th child) Noted as intelligent Went to 17th Street Junior High School Staunch Republican at beginning of life Was suspected to be a homosexual by teachers and classmates Graduated 10th out of 390 Went to Claremont Men’s college, Bachelor in economics Enrolled in ROTC

Sentencing Convicted of Murder, Sodomy, Mutilation, and Emasculation Sodomy - sexual intercourse involving anal or oral copulation Mutilation - the infliction of serious damage on something Emasculation - deprive (a man) of his male role or identity; castrate Sentencing NICKNAMES: The Scorecard Killer The Freeway killer Convicted of Murder, Sodomy, Mutilation, and Emasculation Killing Spree from Sept 20, 1971 – May 13, 1983. Victims: Convicted of 16 murders (Believed to be 67) Punishment is death Quotes “It would be easy to look at Gambrel and say, well must of killed all 16” – C. Thomas McDonald “If you put up enough different charges, you could come up with a scenario that could convict the pope” – James G. Merwin

Evidence A dead person was in his truck when he was pulled over Alcohol, tranquilizers, and prescription drugs were found in his car He had 50 pictures of men in sexual positions (Some were dead) Ring binder with a coded list believed to be all of his murders His home had clothes and personal possessions of missing people His couch was identified in one of the pictures they found Bloodstains, hair, and fiber were found in his truck

Aftermath Books Angel of Darkness The Scorecard Killer: The Randy Kraft Story Shows Killers: Behind the Myth (S2E6), The Scorecard Killer

Social Control Theory I believe that randy kraft fits into the social control theory because at the beginning of his life he was committed to following the rules and had the same beliefs as most of his family members. He grew up in a modest family where crime was not an issue and tried to achieve goals that were socially acceptable like going to college. Even though he was a homosexual, that never stood in the way of his progress. He stayed in contact with his family even after he told them he was a homosexual. Tensions grew with his father over this but in time they got over it. I believe he began to disregard the beliefs he was taught when he was kicked out of the army for being a homosexual. I think this had profound impacts on his life because he was prevented from doing something society deemed alright. After this incident he changed by not caring as much about his senior year at Claremont and not graduating on time. Then he evolved and drugged his first victim and performed sexual acts, which the charges were later dropped. All in all I believe that Randy kraft best fits into the Social Control theory because he completely disregarded all of his belief’s that he was taught at a young age.