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What makes a prolific serial killer like Randy Kraft \u2013 who authorities say brutalized, sexually assaulted and mutilated at least 61 (and almost certainly more unknown) young men in Southern California, Oregon and Michigan in the 1970s and early 1908s \u2013 prolific?\xa0\xa0How is it possible for such a large number of victims to fall prey to someone who is inarguably a monster?\xa0\xa0The answer appears to be that the best monsters know how to transform their image so that they appear as the exact opposite \u2013 as genuine, good people.\xa0 And that is a terrifying thing to realize.\xa0 In this, the second of two parts focusing on Kraft \u2013 the so-called \u201cScorecard Killer\u201d because he had a list of nicknames of all of this victims \u2013 Melissa takes a closer look not just at the trial and interminably delayed prosecution in this horrific case, but\xa0 at the question that most of us ask after serial killers are discovered: How could so many get tricked into Randy Kraft\u2019s trap?\xa0\xa0In the stories of the only two survivors known to experience the darker side of Kraft and survive, Melissa presents us with a chilling reality: The most accomplished sociopathic killers make their victims want to go along with them, and don\u2019t have a clue as to the monster\u2019s real intent until it\u2019s far too late.\xa0\xa0If you have any information that you think might help law enforcement identify any unidentified victims of Randy Kraft, you can contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department Homicide Bureau at (323) 267-4800.