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A 23-year-old Iraq War veteran has been charged with the stabbing deaths of four homeless men in a rampage that terrorized Southern California for weeks, prosecutors said Tuesday.
No decision had been made about whether prosecutors will seek the death penalty against former Marine Itzcoatl (its-KWAH-tel) Ocampo, authorities said.
Each victim was stabbed dozens of times, including one who had more than 60 wounds, said Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas at a news conference announcing the charges.
The last victim was targeted because his photograph appeared in a Los Angeles Times article about police warning homeless people to be careful, Rackauckas said.
The charges include special allegations of multiple murders and lying in wait and use of a deadly weapon. The minimum sentence if convicted is life in prison without parole.
Ocampo's family said he was a troubled man when he returned from Iraq. Ocampo's own father is also homeless.
i think he was gonna kill his dad. all the victims were males 40-60.
Just days before his arrest, Itzcoatl Ocampo visited his father, warning him of the danger of being on the streets and showing him a picture of one of the victims.
"He was very worried about me," the father said. "I told him, 'Don't worry. I'm a survivor. Nothing will happen to me.'"
uh huh, until he gives you an afghani necktie.
Police arrested Ocampo when bystanders chased him down after a 64-year-old man was stabbed to death outside a fast-food restaurant in Anaheim, about 26 miles southeast of Los Angeles.
> chased down by bystanders
now this murder was just a cry for help
Broseph !!fxnDb+Ve4 joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 hour later[^][v]#282,308
I feel bad for Ocampo and the victims. I agree that it was a cry for help. Iraq clearly left this guy very disturbed. I feel bad for all the veterans who become mentally twisted like this. I also feel terrible for his dad.
Rainbow !DASHqGnDdc joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 hour later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#282,313
> A 23-year-old Iraq War veteran has been charged with the stabbing deaths of four homeless men in a rampage that terrorized Southern California for weeks
Oh Yahoo and your lack of grammar. Was the veteran on a rampage or were the four homeless men on a rampage?
Broseph !!fxnDb+Ve4 replied with this 15 years ago, 21 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^][v]#282,318
@previous (Rainbow !DASHqGnDdc)
Typical. MSM seems to have almost no regard for proper grammar anymore. You think one missing comma is bad? I can't stand all the split infinitives and all the other shit they get away with. I blame colleges for not properly preparing students for real world, which is one reason why so many college graduates are unemployable.
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 2 hours later, 5 hours after the original post[^][v]#282,328
All this time I thought it was Falco doing it. Huh.
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 4 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^][v]#282,329
@previous (D)
This. I imagine that he'd get violent if they didn't like his EP.