John Charles Coble, a 55-year-old Caucasian man, was fatally stabbed in Los Angeles on January 14, 1987. He was one of several homeless people attacked in Koreatown during a killing spree that began December 24, 1986, and continued into January 1987.

The same day Coble was killed, 58-year-old Isaac Davis was also murdered. The assailant, described in reports as 25-year-old drifter Joseph Martin Danks, confessed to these and other attacks, saying he believed killing homeless people was the Lord’s work. Authorities say Danks began by stabbing Edwin Trujillo on December 24 and went on to attack Christopher Forsblade on January 6 and two unidentified men on January 16 and January 20. Danks was captured shortly after the January 20 killing when a companion of that victim pursued him and alerted others who contacted police; he was charged with multiple counts of murder and attempted murder.

Did anyone in Koreatown at that time recall unusual activity or people who might be connected to these attacks?