6h 45min, may 19, 1973 y - Robert Loudon Headless body found

Description:

"Found early Saturday [5/19/73] in a Carson oil field. [...] Discovered by a passing motorist at about 6:45am near Victoria Street, a quarter mile east of Wilmington Avenue. [...] The head still is missing" (LBPT 5/20/73 & 5/21/73).

"The body in Carson was found fully clothed at 6:45am Saturday [5/19/73] by a passing motorist near Wilmington Avenue and Victoria Street. [...] The unidentified body apparently was not sexually assaulted or mutilated except for the decapitation. [...] The head has not been located" (TDB 5/21/73).

His head had still not been found by the end of June 1974, according to SPNP 6/26/74 (see below); I could not find any further updates.

Proposed by: Contemporary newspapers / LE
Possible scorecard entry: OIL
Reasons proposed: Demographics, time period, SoCal (especially LA County); decapitated, proximity to confirmed dump sites
Reasons against: Mixed opinions in NPs on whether or not it's related; visually dissimilar to confirmed victims (other than Larry Parks, i.e., balding & slightly older)
Facts that could go either way: Fully clothed


NOTE TO SELF: Any record requests should be submitted to LACSO Homicide Bureau (source: LBPT 5/20/73, SL4 package; all indiv. package articles); LACME (source: TDB 5/25/73, indiv. package)
** Note: Originally known as John Doe No. 70 until IDed on 5/25/73 **

Four articles, May to June 1973: https://cacoldcases.blogspot.com/p/robert-loudon-article-package-1973.html
Six articles, May to Aug. 1973: https://cacoldcases.blogspot.com/p/southland-four-apr-1973.html

FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/237748131/robert-loudon

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