Kenneth Nevada Williams identified as California cold case victim, police searching for killer

The victim of a 44-year-old California cold case was identified this week, and now police turn their attention to pinning down the killer. Kenneth ...

December 24, 2022
7:20 AM

The victim of a 44-year-old California cold case was identified this week, and now police turn their attention to pinning down the killer. Kenneth Nevada Williams, who was known for decades as 'John Doe 1978,' was a 15-year-old runaway from La Puente, California, who was found dead in Long Beach on June 3, 1978.  'A teenager who was murdered in the 1970s has been known only as ‘John Doe' for decades until recent technology and dogged investigators led to his true identity,' Donald Alway, the assistant director in charge of the FBI's Los Angeles field office, said in a statement.