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It\u2019s the big Tuesday after the Big Thursday of last week, when our gal got her first taste of TV fame in her home town of Cincinnati \u2013 and it\u2019s time to get back to the business at hand with a brand new episode...In June of 1978 the body of a young man \u2013 aged 15 to 19 years old \u2013 was discovered face down on a back street/alley/parking lot in Long Beach, California.\xa0\xa0He was well dressed.\xa0 His body appeared to be healthy \u2013 there were no drugs found in his system.\xa0 There were no signs of sexual assault.\xa0 He had been strangled to death.\xa0\xa0There was nothing on his person to identify him other than a stamp on his wrist that indicated he had been to a bar or a club or a sporting event \u2013 or some other venue where he had paid for admission.\xa0 While the crime scene was very near a popular gay bar, it was impossible to determine whether the stamp came from that establishment or somewhere else.\xa0\xa0Who could this young man \u2013 a child, really - this \u201cLong Beach John Doe\u201d - be?\xa0 He was clearly well-taken care of; someone somewhere must have missed him.\xa0 But no one has ever sought or claimed him.\xa0\xa0It is these cases that haunt and vex and form the reason Melissa started this podcast \u2013 to shed light on the forgotten deceased \u2013 to find their loved ones \u2013 to bring them home \u2013 and to seek justice for their untimely end.\xa0\xa0And therein begins the quest to determine if Long Beach John Doe could have been the victim of one of the country\u2019s most evil serial killers \u2013 Long Beach native Randy Kraft (also known as the \u201cScorecard Killer,\u201d the \u201cSouthern California Strangler\u201d and the \u201cFreeway Killer\u201d).\xa0 Kraft was convicted in 1989 of the rape and murder of 16 young boys and men between 1972 and 1983 \u2013 and is suspected of the murders of up to 53 others.\xa0\xa0Melissa will be focusing on Kraft and his horrific exploits starting with our next episode - and be prepared - it's disturbing stuff.\xa0\xa0Kraft was known for keeping a private \u201cscorecard\u201d of his victims \u2013 giving each of them nicknames.\xa0 One of the nicknames in his book \u2013 the only one that could not be verified \u2013 is \u201cParking Lot.\u201d\xa0 Could that be the young man found in 1978?\xa0 Kraft isn\u2019t talking.\xa0 But in this episode Melissa is pleading for Tip-Sters to review the case, look at this young man\u2019s face and search their memory banks \u2013 could he be someone you remember going missing all those years ago? If so, PLEASE call the Los Angeles County Coroner\u2019s Office at (323) 343-0512 or the Long Beach California Police Department at (562) 570-5703.\xa0 \xa0*****\xa0 \xa0 \xa0*****\xa0\xa0And a REMINDER: If you have not yet listened to Episode 147 of \u201cJust The Tip-Sters,\u201d \xa0please take the time to listen to Melissa\u2019s interview with Detective Coy Cox of the Boone County Kentucky Sheriff\u2019s Department on the Bill and Peggy Stephenson murder investigation.\xa0 The family has offered a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the killer or killers \u2013 and your tip may be the final piece of the puzzle.\xa0 If you have information please call (859) 334-8496\xa0\xa0 or send an email to stephensontip@boonecountyky.org