​After 37 years, Long Beach slaying victim ID'd as Marine

​After 37 years, Long Beach slaying victim ID'd as Marine

Police use military records to track down the identity of a man found dead in a carport in 1974. The man, Oral Alfred Stuart Jr., was reported absent without authorization from Camp Pendleton 12 days after his body was found.
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March 20, 2012|By Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times

For 37 years, the identity of a young man beaten to death in an carport in Long Beach remained a mystery.
Not only did detectives not know who the assailant was, but they were never able to identify the victim, found naked and dead on Spring Street near the 605 Freeway on Nov. 10, 1974.

​The case of John Doe No. 155 gathered dust on the shelves of the Long Beach Police Department, hidden among the dozens of unsolved mysteries. His death was ruled undetermined.
Last year, Long Beach cold-case detectives scoured the files for cases to reopen and stumbled upon the mystery man dumped at the Lakes apartment complex. They knew he had tattoos but had little else to go on.

http://articles.latimes.com/2012/mar/20/local/la-me-awol-marine-20120320