Stephen Maurice Miera Jr

Stephen Maurice Miera Jr (July 11, 1928 - Aug 2, 1974) was found bludgeoned to death in his Hawthorne (CA) real estate and insurance agency. His body was found by an employee on August 3rd, 1974. Miera was last seen alive by employees the night before. Before Miera got involved in real estate, he worked as an engineer. He left Albuquerque in 1959 to work at the Space Technical Labs in Inglewood, CA. He also worked for Lear-Siegler Corp. in Santa Monica (CA) and North American Aviation in Downey (CA). The cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head. The weapon was a hammer that was kept in the office for posting real estate signs. Robbery was not suspected as primary motive. If that hammer was preserved it should be tested for touch DNA. According to police, Miera had a habit of working alone late at night and according to employees, he was doing exactly that on the night he died. No arrest was ever made in this case.