Who were the victims of Itzcoatl Ocampo? How did he die? |All Social Updates

The documentary “Murder by Numbers: Friend of the Devil” on Investigation Discovery tells the story of a Mexican-American man named Itzcoatl Ocampo, suspected of being a serial killer, who targeted the helpless homeless as his victims. The United States Marine Corps veteran is believed to be responsible for at least six deaths, all of which led to his conviction. These murders took place in California in 2011 and 2012. Interested in learning more about the victims in addition to what happened to Itzcoatl?

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Who were the victims of Itzcoatl Ocampo?

James McGillivray was 53 years old and had untidy hair that was fading. He had a wrinkled face covered by a shaggy beard that turned gray. He was a well-known figure on the banks of the Santa Ana River in south Los Angeles, where many homeless people live. On December 20, 2011, in Placentia, California, witnesses saw James hanging out outside a liquor store before going outside to spend the night on the sidewalk in front of an area mall. Authorities later viewed one of the mall’s surveillance videos and observed James being brutally murdered by stabbing him about 52 times in the head and torso with a thick Ka-Bar knife.

Lloyd Middaugh, then 42, was a registered sex offender. On December 27, 2011, he was found sleeping under Interstate 91 in Anaheim, California. He has lived in local shelters in the past but was unable to find any that night. It was later discovered that he had suffered sixty stab wounds, that his head and neck had been crushed and that he had several broken ribs. After an autopsy, the Anaheim Police Department coroner determined that Lloyd had sustained a deep laceration to the thyroid gland, a fractured temporal bone, and a deep, penetrating lesion in the brain. These injuries eventually led to his death.

Paulus Cornelius Smit, 57, struggled with a terrible drug addiction for a long time. After authorities marked a run-down property where he lived as uninhabitable due to its condition, Smit found himself without a home. His beloved bicycle and visits to the Yorba Linda Public Library were two of his favorite ways to pass time in the past. On December 30, 2011, he discovered that his bicycle had been stolen and he had been waiting for his daughter to pick him up while being injured under the library stairs. He had 56 stab wounds to his head, back and neck, and the knife had also severed his carotid artery and ruptured his heart. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

John Berry served in the US Army during the Vietnam War and later became a keen amateur ornithologist. An officer from the Anaheim Police Department approached him to discuss the threat posed by an unidentified individual suspected of being a serial killer who had taken advantage of the homeless community. A Los Angeles Times photographer captured the interaction between the two men in a photograph, and John’s picture was published in an article in the first week of January 2012. After the story was published, John made numerous calls to the police to report that he was being followed, claiming it was because of the article.

When he was attacked behind a fast food restaurant nestled in the middle of an Anaheim parking lot at around 8:45 pm on January 13, 2012, he realized his suspicions were correct. The attacker in the hoodie hit him in the head and then continued to stab him until he was dead. On the other hand, this time there were numerous witnesses in the area who could track the killer and at the same time contact the authorities.

Authorities later examined the blood found on the killer’s shoes to prove he was responsible for the murders of 53-year-old Raquel Estrada and 34-year-old Juan Estrada. On October 25, 2011, both were stabbed, with Raquel receiving approximately 30 stab wounds and Juan receiving approximately 60.

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How did Itzcoatl Ocampo die?

Itzcoatl Ocampo was arrested just a few hundred yards from the scene of the crime while trying to flee a parking lot surrounded by Anaheim police officers. He surrendered to the police without causing any problems and the murder weapon, a bloodied 7-inch bladed Ka-Bar knife, was discovered on him by authorities. Itzcoatl’s killer was identified as Misael Ocampo, a native of Mexico who had moved to Yorba Linda, California with his family. Ocampo had moved to California with his family. He had served four years in the Marine Corps and even spent time in Iraq in 2008 as part of his commitment.

Itzcoatl was arrested for the murder of John, but he was also charged with the murders of James, Lloyd and Paulus when analysis of the knife revealed it was the same weapon used in those murders. John was the first victim to be killed, but Itzcoatl was ultimately held accountable for all four murders. On January 17, 2012 he was charged with murder on all 4 counts and it is possible that he could be sentenced to death if convicted on all counts. In February 2012, after forensic evidence linked him to the double homicide case, he was also charged with the murders of Raquel and Juan. The charges against him were brought based on the case.

The perpetrator’s family had claimed that the killer was mentally unstable, suffered from alcohol abuse and was showing signs of clinical delirium. They indicated that Itzcoatl’s PTSD from his tour of Iraq, the issues he had with his family and the death of a close friend of his in Afghanistan all contributed. Prosecutors did not believe this to be true, instead focusing on his reputation as a brutal serial killer. He was scheduled to stand trial for the offense on January 17, 2014.

On November 27, 2013, at approximately 6:35 p.m. on November 27, 2013, staff at Orange County Central Men’s Prison saw Itzcoatl shaking and vomiting, and discovered him in the cell where he was being held in prison. There he was imprisoned. At the WMC Hospital in Santa Ana, where he was being taken when he was brought there, it was discovered that he had consumed a lethal dose of Ajax cleaning supplies, which he had stored away for weeks. He was a patient there for a while. He was officially pronounced dead on November 28, 2013.

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