Information is taken from a public newspaper obituary dated March 12, 1999:

At the age of 45, Mr Crawford passed from a brain aneurysm at Parkview Community Hospital Medical Center in Riverside.

Mr. Crawford, who was born in Fostoria, Ohio, lived in Riverside for 39 years.  He was a truck driver with Suburban Propane Co in Gardena for eight years.

He graduated from Ramona High School in Riverside in 1972.

Mr. Crawford served in the U.S. Navy for three years before being discharged in 1975.  He also served in the reserves for three years.