Authorities have identified a person who was found dead on an Oregon highway more than 40 years ago, and his death may be linked to California's notorious "scorecard killer," targeting young people in the 1970s and 1980s.

Oregon State Police Captain Kyle Kennedy said the man was identified as 30-year-old Larry Eugene Parks, a Vietnam veteran whose family lost contact with him in 1979.

The body of the park was on July 18, 1980 along Interstate 5, about a mile south of Woodburn, Marion County, Oregon.

Authorities call the park's death with Randy Kraft, He was convicted of murdering 16 young men in Orange County in 1989 and was called the "scorecard killer."

His nickname comes from a handwritten list of police officers, saying they found it in the trunk of his brown Toyota Selica. Prosecutors described it as a "death list" during Kraft's trial and said it showed he killed everyone.

Although he was convicted of 16 murders, authorities believe Kraft may have killed more than 60 people in California, Oregon and Michigan. Most of the victims were men in their teenage and 20s, some of whom were members of the army.

The body in the park was found the day after the age of 17. Michael Alpharon Death was found on the same interstate near the exit of Talbert Road in Marion County.

"The investigators at the time suspected that the two murders were related because of the similarities in the evidence," Kennedy said. "Unfortunately, both investigations were cold as the investigative leadership dryed up."

Alderton's death was linked to Kraft when investigators said they found a camera after they were arrested in 1983. The abbreviation of Offardon's mother is engraved on the camera, and she recognizes the camera during Kraft's trial.

The murderous craze occurred when authorities tried to hunt down William G. Boning (William G. Highway killer.

However, after Boning was arrested, the young man's bodies continued to pile up, leading investigators to believe that another killer was loose. The chase ended when two California Highway Patrolmen pulled Kraft over in 1983 and found a dead Marine in the front seat.

Kennedy said the effort to re-identify the park began in January when the Orange County Sheriff’s Department approached the Oregon State Police Cold Cases Department to help identify victims using investigative genetic lineages, a popular tool that helps investigators generate potential customers in cold cases.

Kennedy said as part of the effort, blood samples from the victims were sent to a lab that produced genetic characteristics. Investigators were able to use this information to find family members who could lead to the identity of the park.

The park is the latest victim identified and associated with the convicted serial killer. Two years ago, authorities used the same tool to identify Michael Ray Simple, 17.

Kennedy said the Oregon Police’s Cold Case Department is now working to end the case.

“End of the day, it will be determined by the Marion County District Attorney’s Office whether the case will be prosecuted after the case is submitted for review,” he said.