Lawrence White, known as Whitey, was a 55-year-old transient from Oklahoma found murdered off Highway 9 in the Santa Cruz Mountains on October 13, 1972. He had been released from a local jail earlier that day and was walking alone when Herbert Mullin stopped, claimed car trouble, and lured White to help. While White leaned over the engine Mullin struck him from behind, killing him instantly.

Mullin later said he believed White was a reincarnation of Jonah and that White had telepathically asked to be killed to prevent an earthquake. At the time of the discovery authorities could not identify suspects or locate White’s relatives; his body was buried at Oakwood Memorial Park in Santa Cruz. Months later Mullin was arrested and confessed to multiple murders, including White’s.

Did anyone who knew Lawrence White or his family live in the Santa Cruz area in 1972 and remember him?