Anthony Jose Silveira was 29 when he was last seen hitchhiking on December 3, 1982, reportedly headed to a National Guard drill in Medford, Oregon. His nude body was later found on a roadside near Interstate 5 in Salem; the medical examination determined he had been strangled and that Diazepam was present in his system.

Investigators later linked Silveira’s death to Randy Kraft. A coded list found in Kraft’s possession included an entry reading PORTLAND RESERVE, which prosecutors believe corresponds to Silveira, who was from the Portland area and served in the National Guard Reserve. Silveira’s fatigue jacket bearing his name was also recovered from a Grand Rapids hotel room where Kraft had stayed.