D.A. to seek death penalty in killings of homeless men, two others
Source: L.A. Times
Hours after accused serial killer Itzcoatl Ocampo allegedly stabbed a homeless man to death in an Anaheim parking lot, he was interviewed by a veteran detective.
When Ocampo was asked what sort of consequences he deserved, the 23-year-old answered without hesitation: the death penalty — lethal injection — or "whatever is quickest," the detective, Daron Wyatt, later told a grand jury panel.
On Monday, Orange County Dist. Atty. Tony Rackauckas said his office had come to the same conclusion and announced that he would seek the death penalty against the former Marine. Rackauckas said Ocampo deserved the ultimate punishment for what he has called a "serial thrill-kill" rampage that left six people dead, including four homeless men and a woman and her son.
For months, authorities said, Ocampo went undetected as a string of killings occurred in north Orange County, starting with the stabbing death of a childhood friend and his mother in their Yorba Linda home and continuing on the streets with the slaying of four homeless men.
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