jul 6, 1978 - HIKE OUT LB BOOTS Keith Klingbeil Last seen alive

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"July 6, 1978, died of a drug overdose, but strangulation marks were found on his neck. He was on his way to his sister's home in Chula Vista. He had been sexually mutilated, and was dumped on I-5 in Laguna Hills" (SDUT 12/23/79 Map).

"Klingbeil worked with a carnival in Washington the last summer of his life, according to his father, then decided to head back south. Four days before this death, the Sacramento police cited him for hitchhiking, his father said.
"His destination may have been his mother's home in Chula Vista. But precisely what happened in the early hours of July 6, 1978 remains a mystery.
"Shortly before 3:30am, a motorist driving south on the San Diego (I-5) Freeway spotted a body lying on the opposite side of the freeway, three miles south of the La Paz off-ramp.
"When Thomas Wallstrom of the OCSO arrived at approximately 3:30am, paramedics told him Klingbeil had been dead only seven minutes. [...] Dr Robert Richards later determined that death was caused by an overdose of acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol. In the four hours before his death, Klingbeil had ingested toxic levels of that drug and a small amount of alcohol" (Last Ride, Ch.5).


LAT "Four Deaths" 9/2/78 pt 1: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-randy-krafts-vict/176404384/
LAT "Four Deaths" 9/2/78 pt 2: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-randy-krafts-vict/176404416/

FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/234993249/keith_arthur-klingbeil

NOTE: No OCR sources from 7/8/78 to 9/2/78 at least

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