Unidentified Wiki
Register
(→‎Links: Leaving NamUs for now, hope someone posts some pictures from there before they take it down)
No edit summary
Tag: Visual edit
Line 1: Line 1:
{{UID|image = [[File:8061.jpg|200px]]|sex = {{M}}|race = {{White}}|location = Dallas, Wisconsin|found = September 21, 1982|span = {{age|1982|9|21}}|postmortem interval = 5 months|body condition = {{sk}}|age approximation = 18 - 24|height approximation = 5'8|weight approximation = 185 pounds|cause of death = {{stab}}|name = Barron County John Doe}}'''Kraig Patrick King''' was a teenager or young adult found murdered in Wisconsin in 1982.
+
{{Identified|image = [[File:Kraig King.jpg|200px]]|sex = {{M}}|race = {{White}}|location = Ridgeland, Wisconsin|found = September 21, 1982|body condition = {{sk}}|age approximation = 18 - 24|height approximation = 5'8|weight approximation = 185 pounds|cause of death = {{stab}}|name = Kraig King|realname = Kraig Patrick King|missing from = White Bear Lake, Minnesota|identified = January 2020|timespan = 37 years|age = 18-24}}'''Kraig Patrick King''' was a teenager or young adult found murdered in Wisconsin in 1982.
   
 
He was identified in January 2020 by the DNA Doe Project.
 
He was identified in January 2020 by the DNA Doe Project.
   
 
== Case ==
 
== Case ==
On September 21, 1982, loggers working in the woods about 4 miles north of Ridgeland discovered the skeletal remains of the decedent about 200 yards from the 2-lane Highway 25 and 100 yards from the treeline.
 
   
  +
Loggers discovered King's skeletal remains along Highway 25. They first believed they had found a "pile of clothes," until further inspection. The site was described to be on private land on the outskirts of a wooded area.
An autopsy determined the decedent to have perished as a result of three puncture wounds to the chest, a theory compounded by the state of the decedent's clothing and cut marks left on the victim's spine.
 
   
  +
King had been stabbed at least three times in the upper abdomen, based on the cuts in his shirt and injuries to the bones in that region. The time of death was estimated to most-likely be April or May 1982. Authorities could not determine whether the murder occurred at the scene or elsewhere.
While a pathologist’s report asserts that the decedent had been a white male, between 18 and 22 years old, most likely 19. Weighing 180 to 195 pounds, standing between 5’8” to 5’9”. With brown hair and a husky build. With a date of death falling between the months of March and April that year.
 
   
  +
It is unknown why King, a resident of Minnesota, would have been in the area at the time of his death. Police continue to investigate his case and have asked for additional information about the victim.
It isn’t known whether the decedent was killed at the scene or if the body was deposited there following the murder.
 
  +
  +
==Gallery==
  +
  +
<gallery>
  +
8061.jpg|Reconstruction by Emily Craig
  +
</gallery>
   
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==
 
* {{NamUs|8061|Kraig King}}
 
* {{NamUs|8061|Kraig King}}
 
* {{Doe Network|168umwi.html|Kraig King}}
 
* {{Doe Network|168umwi.html|Kraig King}}
* [https://www.weau.com/home/headlines/15560572.html WEAU News]
+
* [https://www.weau.com/home/headlines/15560572.html ''WEAU News'']
 
* [http://dnadoeproject.org/case/barron-co-john-doe/ DNA Doe Project]
 
* [http://dnadoeproject.org/case/barron-co-john-doe/ DNA Doe Project]
  +
  +
{{DEFAULTSORT:King, Kraig}}
  +
 
[[Category:People found in Wisconsin]]
 
[[Category:People found in Wisconsin]]
 
[[Category:1982 deaths]]
 
[[Category:1982 deaths]]
 
[[Category:1982 discoveries]]
 
[[Category:1982 discoveries]]
 
[[Category:Young adults]]
 
[[Category:Young adults]]
[[Category:No NCMEC reconstruction]]
 
 
[[Category:1950s births]]
 
[[Category:1950s births]]
 
[[Category:1960s births]]
 
[[Category:1960s births]]

Revision as of 19:01, 7 January 2020

Kraig King
Kraig King
Name Kraig Patrick King
Sex Male
Found September 21, 1982
Location Ridgeland, Wisconsin
Missing from White Bear Lake, Minnesota
Identified January 2020
Span 37 years
Age 18-24
Cause of death Stabbing

Kraig Patrick King was a teenager or young adult found murdered in Wisconsin in 1982.

He was identified in January 2020 by the DNA Doe Project.

Case

Loggers discovered King's skeletal remains along Highway 25. They first believed they had found a "pile of clothes," until further inspection. The site was described to be on private land on the outskirts of a wooded area.

King had been stabbed at least three times in the upper abdomen, based on the cuts in his shirt and injuries to the bones in that region. The time of death was estimated to most-likely be April or May 1982. Authorities could not determine whether the murder occurred at the scene or elsewhere.

It is unknown why King, a resident of Minnesota, would have been in the area at the time of his death. Police continue to investigate his case and have asked for additional information about the victim.

Gallery

Links