Ashley Flowers

Right. The coroner also determines that their victim, who is a middle-aged white man, died from multiple stab wounds, 17 to be exact, in his chest, torso, front and back. And he went out with a fight based on the defensive wounds he has on his hand. Now, the water washed away a lot in terms of evidence. Not that they even could have done much of anything with it back in 1974.

Right. The coroner also determines that their victim, who is a middle-aged white man, died from multiple stab wounds, 17 to be exact, in his chest, torso, front and back. And he went out with a fight based on the defensive wounds he has on his hand. Now, the water washed away a lot in terms of evidence. Not that they even could have done much of anything with it back in 1974.

But what it didn't wash away or degrade were his prints. Or at least that's how I'm assuming they ended up IDing him. It never actually says that specifically, but I know he did have a prior encounter with police. So I'm thinking that maybe they had some kind of record of him. And in 74, like those records were likely just prints.

But what it didn't wash away or degrade were his prints. Or at least that's how I'm assuming they ended up IDing him. It never actually says that specifically, but I know he did have a prior encounter with police. So I'm thinking that maybe they had some kind of record of him. And in 74, like those records were likely just prints.

However they do it, within a couple of days, they have determined that he is 50-year-old Gerald Kavanaugh. He's a World War II vet, originally from Canada, who at some point made his way to the U.S.

However they do it, within a couple of days, they have determined that he is 50-year-old Gerald Kavanaugh. He's a World War II vet, originally from Canada, who at some point made his way to the U.S.

I don't know how long this was before his death, but he'd actually been stopped in the same area where he was found before on suspicion of public sex in some nearby restrooms. And if you aren't picking up on it by now, this area where people would come to hook up, like

I don't know how long this was before his death, but he'd actually been stopped in the same area where he was found before on suspicion of public sex in some nearby restrooms. And if you aren't picking up on it by now, this area where people would come to hook up, like

have sex in restrooms like this wasn't like a teenage lover's lane this was a spot mostly frequented by gay men we weren't able to speak with any of gerald's family or loved ones so i have no idea why he was there or who he might have been with the night that he died but i do know that the restrooms where he was suspected to have been having sex before those were actually locked at night so if he did go there on his own the night he died he was likely on the beach when he was killed

have sex in restrooms like this wasn't like a teenage lover's lane this was a spot mostly frequented by gay men we weren't able to speak with any of gerald's family or loved ones so i have no idea why he was there or who he might have been with the night that he died but i do know that the restrooms where he was suspected to have been having sex before those were actually locked at night so if he did go there on his own the night he died he was likely on the beach when he was killed

I don't know. Maybe. I mean, the caller could have been out there with someone else as well. But maybe the who doesn't even matter and he just didn't want anyone to know that he was out there with another man or to meet a man. Like, again, all just speculation. We may never know, again, because this caller has never come forward.

I don't know. Maybe. I mean, the caller could have been out there with someone else as well. But maybe the who doesn't even matter and he just didn't want anyone to know that he was out there with another man or to meet a man. Like, again, all just speculation. We may never know, again, because this caller has never come forward.

And in 1974, to be truthful, I don't think anyone really wanted to know. To put it bluntly, even in a city like San Francisco that was seen as progressive, 1974 policing didn't treat everyone as equal. And it doesn't seem like they put much effort into solving Gerald's case.

And in 1974, to be truthful, I don't think anyone really wanted to know. To put it bluntly, even in a city like San Francisco that was seen as progressive, 1974 policing didn't treat everyone as equal. And it doesn't seem like they put much effort into solving Gerald's case.

Like, sure, a plea or two went out to the public, but if they made any real effort to get to the bottom of things, it's never reported on. And I know from our own reporting that the gay community was very much under the impression that not much was being done.

Like, sure, a plea or two went out to the public, but if they made any real effort to get to the bottom of things, it's never reported on. And I know from our own reporting that the gay community was very much under the impression that not much was being done.

So when a call comes in five months later about a body in Golden Gate Park, Gerald's death, which happened just a mile and a half away, isn't really on anyone's radar. It comes in early the morning of June 25th, and from the looks of things, it's another stabbing. The victim is fully clothed and he had been stabbed a total of five times, three times in the heart.

So when a call comes in five months later about a body in Golden Gate Park, Gerald's death, which happened just a mile and a half away, isn't really on anyone's radar. It comes in early the morning of June 25th, and from the looks of things, it's another stabbing. The victim is fully clothed and he had been stabbed a total of five times, three times in the heart.

But much like with Gerald, no wallet, no ID can be located. So investigators initially suspect a mugging gone wrong, especially because there is a scene here that tells a bit of a story. CNN reports that there is a pool of blood about 10 feet from the body with visible drag marks between the two spots, leading them to believe that the man was attacked where the blood is concentrated.

But much like with Gerald, no wallet, no ID can be located. So investigators initially suspect a mugging gone wrong, especially because there is a scene here that tells a bit of a story. CNN reports that there is a pool of blood about 10 feet from the body with visible drag marks between the two spots, leading them to believe that the man was attacked where the blood is concentrated.