Kenneth Unrein was 21 when he and a companion, Michael Adshade, were abducted in Mesa, Arizona, on October 18, 1973. The two young men were taken by Douglas Edward Gretzler and Willie Luther Steelman, who needed a vehicle and aimed to eliminate witnesses. Unrein and Adshade were driven to a remote location and shot; their bodies were left there and the killers fled in the stolen car.

Gretzler and Steelman were captured on November 8, 1973. The investigation later connected them to multiple murders across Arizona and California. Both men received death sentences; Douglas Gretzler was executed in 1998 and Willie Luther Steelman died in prison in 1986.

Does anyone have information about Kenneth’s life in Mesa or remembers the circumstances around October 18, 1973?