A homicide victim who remained unknown for more than four decades has been identified as a 30-year-old Vietnam veteran whose death may be linked to the so-called serial Scorecard Killer, convicted of committing a string of California murders in the 1970s and 1980s.
Oregon State Police said DNA samples led to the identification of the unknown victim as Larry Eugene Parks, whose body was found in July 1980 along Oregon’s Interstate 5. His body was found a day after the remains of Michael O’Fallon were found along Interstate 5 in Talbot, about 34 miles to the south, the department said.
Investigators suspected the two killings were related but ran out of leads and the cases went cold.
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