7h 47min, feb 25, 1979 y - Joseph Daly Body found

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"The body was discovered just off Laurel Tree Lane by a field worker about 7:15am yesterday" (SDUT 2/26/79).

"Deputy Coroner Ken Bell of San Diego [...] said the Daly boy had been sexually molested and had traces of both alcohol and chloral hydrate, which caused some poisoning" (SDUT 12/12/79).

"[He] left his Milpitas home in the early morning hours of Feb. 24, 1979, and began hitchhiking the 450 miles to Portland, Ore. [...] Less than 24 hours after his departure, two Mexican farm workers found his nude body alongside a road just outside Carlsbad, about 400 miles south of Milpitas. Joseph's death has been attributed to chloral hydrate (known as a 'Mickey Finn') and ethyl alcohol poisoning, which a coroner's spokesman said can be caused by excessive drinking" (SDUT 1/7/80).
"[...] He was 'a whimsical person and could have changed his mind about going to Oregon,' opting for Southern California instead. Jessie Daly says her son did not mention whether anyone was going with him to Oregon. 'When he did not come home the following Tuesday [2/27/79], we tried everything.' [...] His body was found at 7:47am Feb. 25 [1979] on Palomar Airport Road, just outside Carlsbad. [...] Joseph's body was identified in mid-October [1979]" (SDUT 1/7/80).


COD chloral hydrate & ethyl alcohol overdose/poisoning.
Proposed by: Contemporary newspapers / LE
Possible scorecard entry: ENGLAND
[Joseph was from Scotland (which could be mistaken as English), + had visited relatives in England within last couple years, + English relatives were visiting at the time of his death and were the last people to see him alive]
or PORTLAND [was hitchhiking to Portland to watch an eclipse when he went missing & was killed]

Reasons proposed: Demographics, general time period, SoCal; nude, found on side of road, hitchhiking, SAed, possibly dumped from moving vehicle (hence the numerous abrasions), COD poisoning/intoxication/overdose
Reasons against: Despite being proposed at the time, there were no later newspaper mentions/updates regarding whether Kraft is/was still considered a suspect, + not included in more recent/official lists.


NOTE TO SELF: Any record requests should be submitted to SDCSO & SDC Coroner
Originally reported missing to Milpitas PD (SDUT 1/7/80)

Mentioned authorities:
Sgt. Curt Ring of the SDCSO (SDUT 12/12/79, 1/7/80)
Deputy Coroner Kenneth Bell (SDUT 12/12/79)


SDUT 12/23/79: https://cacoldcases.blogspot.com/p/sdut-on-freeway-killings-dec-23-1979.html
SDUT package: https://cacoldcases.blogspot.com/p/sdut-on-joseph-daly-walter-tanner-1979.html

LAT 2/26/79: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-joesph-daly-pre-id/137423428/
LAT 12/7/79: https://websleuths.com/threads/ca-carlsbad-joseph-daly-16-found-on-side-road-near-san-diego-freeway-nude-feb-1979.699840/post-19388338?ref=JSCoB
1980 Freeway 38 List: https://www.newspapers.com/article/news-pilot-38-may-be-freeway-victims/136303045/
NCT 1/18/81: https://www.newspapers.com/article/north-county-times-joseph-daly-wally-ta/197418119/
TDB 5/22/83: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-breeze-joseph-daly/197418362/

WS: https://websleuths.com/threads/ca-carlsbad-joseph-daly-16-found-on-side-road-near-san-diego-freeway-nude-feb-1979.699840/
FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/235041713/joseph-daly

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