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Philip Kramer Missing Person Case

Last seen in Thousand Oaks, California on Feb 12, 1995

Victim Details

Mar 06, 2025

Mar 06, 2025

Philip

Kramer

73

42

77 inches

215 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

Feb 12, 1995

Thousand Oaks

California

Ventura County

Thousand Oaks

No

165274

Ventura County Sheriff's Office-Major Crimes Investigations

Camarillo

California

Ventura County

93012

Erik Hernandez

Detective

5177 Camino Ruiz, California

8053838704

County

Law Enforcement

http://www.vcsd.org/index.php

95-12812

1995-02-12

Ventura County Sheriff's Office-Major Crimes Investigations

Brown

Blue

Blue

Yes

07/19/2026


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Philip Taylor Kramer, age 42, vanished on February 12, 1995, from Thousand Oaks, California. A former bassist for the rock band Iron Butterfly, Kramer had transitioned into a career as a computer engineering executive, deeply involved in pioneering technologies such as fractal video compression, facial recognition systems, and advanced communications. He co‑founded Total Multimedia Inc. in 1990, aiming to bring full‑motion video to single‑speed CD‑ROMs. By the mid‑1990s, however, the ...
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Last Seen: Feb 12, 1995

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