15h 30min, nov 17, 1979 y - Walter Tanner Body found

Description:

"Found Saturday [11/17/79] afternoon. [...] The body was found at 4pm. [...] The victim had been dead for '18 hours or less' at the time of his discovery" (NCT 11/19/79).

"Found shortly before 4pm Saturday [11/17/79]" (SDUT 11/19/79).
"Discovered at approximately 4pm Saturday [11/17/79]" (NCT 11/20/79).

"Body found about 3:30pm Nov. 17 [1979]" (SDUT 1/7/80).
Body identified on Dec. 6, 1979, according to SDUT 12/12/79.

"Deputy Coroner Ken Bell of San Diego [...] said in the Tanner case, the results received yesterday showed no drugs and there was no sexual evidence" (SDUT 12/12/79).


COD ligature strangulation.
Proposed by: Contemporary newspapers
Reasons proposed: Demographics, time period, SoCal; found near highway; COD ligature strangulation; found nude
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 Carlsbad PD, + San Diego County Coroner

Mentioned authorities:
Detective Bob McGuigan / McQuigan (NCT 11/20/79, 12/7/79)
Detective Richard Castaneda (NCT 11/20/79)
Detective Robin Hargett (NCT 11/19/79, 12/7/79; SDUT 12/12/79)
Police Sgt. Don Lewis (SDUT 11/19/79)
Carlsbad Police Lt. George Settle/Suttle (SDUT 3/25/80, 7/31/80)
Deputy county coroner Jay Johnson (NCT 11/19/79)
Deputy Coroner Kenneth Bell (SDUT 11/19/79, 12/12/79)


NCT 11/19/79: https://www.newspapers.com/article/north-county-times-walter-tanner/178931413/
NCT 11/20/79: https://www.newspapers.com/article/north-county-times-walter-tanner/198808849/
NCT 11/21/79: https://www.newspapers.com/article/north-county-times-walter-tanner/198808880/
NCT 12/7/79: https://www.newspapers.com/article/north-county-times-walter-tanner-other/178931406/

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

LAT 12/10/79: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-joseph-dalydonny/136097420/
1980 Freeway 38 List: https://www.newspapers.com/article/news-pilot-38-may-be-freeway-victims/136303045/

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