Joseph Stevens, best known by the nickname "Jae," was discovered by a woman walking along Spreckels Lake, located in San Francisco on June 25, 1974.[11] Stevens was 27 and had died shortly before his body was found; he had been witnessed at a club the previous day. He was employed as a "female impersonator" and comedian. Officers suspected that Stevens was alive at the time he had been at Spreckels Lake, possibly transporting himself to the area with his killer.[2]