Born
23 Mar 1957, Rhode Island

Death
4 Jan 1975, Sunset Beach, Orange County, California

Tragically, John Leras was one of the victims of California serial murderer, Randy Kraft who was convicted of murdering 16 men and boys between 1972 and 1983 and is on death row for his crimes. He was known as the “Scorecard Killer.” He was known to have killed at least another 51 young men and boys and is the most prolific serial murderer in California history. 

Leras’ body was discovered in the in waters off Bolsa Chica State Beach in Huntington Beach. Leras had been tied, sexually abused and suffocated in the sand. Leras had been sodomized with a wooden surveyor’s stake. Laras was carried into the surf a mile from where he had been found. Leras was about to go into Army. He was a senior at Boyd High School in Long Beach. Leras was last seen getting off of a bus near Ripples Bar. Kraft frequented Ripples Bar during that time. Leras was on his way to a roller rink with a new pair of “SKATES”. Prosecutors believe Leras is linked to the coded word “SKATES” represented on Kraft’s Scorecard found in his trunk the night of his arrest.