Born
3 Aug 1957, Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio

Death
19 Jun 1978, Laguna Hills, Orange County, California

Tragically, Richard Keith 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. 

The body of Lance Cpl. Richard Allen Keith was discovered on an embankment below the Moulton Parkway near La Paz Road in Laguna Hills, California on June 19, 1978. After graduating from Chrysler High School in New Castle, Indiana in 1975, Keith enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in August of that year and was initially stationed at Camp Pendleton, California where he began his basic training. He was later stationed in Hawaii for two years before returning to Camp Pendleton. Keith was a “MARINE” last seen hitchhiking from his girlfriend’s house in “CARSON”. Prosecutors believe Keith is linked to the coded word “MARINE CARSON” represented on Kraft’s Scorecard found in his trunk the night of his arrest.