Lance Trenton Taggs was 19 when his body was found December 9, 1982, beside a road in Wilsonville, Oregon. A former resident of Hawaii, he had moved to Oregon in September 1982 to live with his grandparents and was last seen December 8, 1982, hitchhiking from Tigard, reportedly heading toward Los Angeles to visit a relative. His body was discovered the morning after he was last seen.

Autopsy findings showed Taggs had been drugged with alcohol and Valium and died by suffocation after a sock was forced down his throat. Investigators later recovered Taggs’ blue tote bag and martial arts equipment during a search of Randy Kraft’s home and vehicle after Kraft’s May 1983 arrest. Prosecutors linked Taggs to entries on a coded list found in Kraft’s car that included the notation PORTLAND HAWAII.

Does anyone have information about Taggs’ last known movements or contacts in Tigard or along the route to Wilsonville?