3h 30min, jul 8, 1978 y - HIKE OUT LB BOOTS Keith Klingbeil Body found

Description:

"When he was found, his shirt was missing. [...] Klingbeil, who was found near the La Paz Road exit of Interstate 5, died because he suffocated in his own vomit. [...] The vomiting was caused by an overdose of a chemical similar to Tylenol, which is similar to aspirin. Even so, the cause of death is listed as undetermined by the coroner's office and homicide is still a possibility" (LAT "Four Deaths" 9/2/78 pt 2).

"He had been sexually mutilated, and was dumped on I-5 in Laguna Hills" (SDUT 12/23/79 Map).

"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).

"He was last seen the day before [his body was found] hitchhiking from Everett [WA] to San Diego, where his mother lived" (1988 Scorecard).


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

Added to timeline:

Date: