Craig Victor Jonaitis, a 21-year-old white male, was found dead on January 17, 1975, in Long Beach, California. His body was discovered in the parking lot of the Golden Sails Hotel near Pacific Coast Highway and Loynes Drive. Investigators reported he had been strangled with a length of string, possibly a shoelace, and his body was discarded in a manner consistent with other victims from the same era.

Jonaitis is widely believed to be one of the victims of Randy Steven Kraft, a white male born in Long Beach who was active as a serial killer between 1972 and 1983. Kraft became associated with a pattern of targeting young men, subjecting some to rape, torture, and murder, and disposing of bodies near freeways or remote locations; he maintained a coded list referred to as a scorecard. Craig Jonaitis was not tried separately in relation to Kraft but is included among suspected victims based on modus operandi, geographic proximity, and forensic similarities.

This case is part of the larger series of killings linked to Kraft and remains a stark example of that violence. Did anyone who knew Craig, his movements in January 1975, or the Golden Sails Hotel parking area at the time come forward with information?