Born
3 Apr 1953, Pocatello, Bannock County, Idaho

Death
1 Jan 1976, Santa Ana, Orange County, California

Tragically, Mark Hall 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. 

Hall’s body was found in Bedford Peak at the east end of Santiago Canyon. The location is in the Saddleback Mountains. The cause of death was acute alcohol poisoning and asphyxiation. Hall had diazepam and valium in his system. Hall was sodomized with his genitals. Hall was emasculated and mutilated. Hall’s bladder was ruptured from an object inserted into his urethra. His eyelids, eyeballs and his genitals had been burned with an automobile cigarette lighter. Hall was found with dirt packed into his trachea. Knife scrapes were found on the Hall’s legs. Fingerprints on broken glass near Halls body was identified as Kraft’s. Hall was last seen at a “NEW YEAR’S EVE” party in San Juan Capistrano. The coded word “NEW YEARS EVE” is represented on Kraft’s Scorecard found in his trunk the night of his arrest.