Report: Dad of suspect in Calif. homeless killings also homeless [View all]

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http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/16/justice/california-homeless-killings/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

By the CNN Wire Staff
updated 2:11 PM EST, Mon January 16, 2012

(CNN) -- The father of the man police accuse of killing four homeless people in California is himself homeless, according to a published report.

Refugio Ocampo, who lost his home in 2008 and now lives in the cab of a semi-trailer parked in Fullerton, California, said it was hard to believe his son could be involved in the killings.

"I saw him so many times giving the last money he had in his pocket ... to the homeless, to the people that (are) asking for some help. ... My son's always been a role model," Ocampo said in a video interview posted on the newspaper's website.

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