Itzcoatl ocampo biography

Itzcoatl Misael Ocampo (March 20, 1988 – November 28, 2013) was a Mexican-American suspected serial killer and veteran assumed to be responsible for.
A Marine veteran suspected in the deaths of four homeless men in Southern California visited his father, who is himself homeless, warning of the danger of.
A homeless father, a Marine's death, and the making of a serial killer.

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Itzcoatl Ocampo

Suspected Mexican-American serial killer

Itzcoatl Ocampo
Undated mugshot of Ocampo
Born	Itzcoatl Misael Ocampo (1988-03-20)March 20, 1988 Mexico City, Mexico
Died	November 28, 2013(2013-11-28) (aged 25) Santa Ana, California, U.S.
Cause of death	Suicide by poisoning
Victims	6+ (not convicted, died before trial)
Span of crimes	2011–2012
Country	United States
State(s)	California
Target(s)	Primarily homeless men
Date apprehended	January 13, 2012

Itzcoatl Misael Ocampo (March 20, 1988 – November 28, 2013) was a Mexican-American suspected serial killer and veteran assumed to be responsible for murdering at least six men, four of whom were homeless, in the Orange County, California, area from October 2011 to January 2012. Following his arrest, Ocampo was detained at the Orange County Jail, but on November 27, 2013, he ingested a large dose of Ajax, poisoning himself and losing consciousness. He was taken to a nearby hospital, where he died of acute intoxication the following day be

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SANTA ANA – There was no flag draped over the coffin, no lengthy procession and no honor guard for a man suspected of killing six people who was buried Sunday morning.

For the man who court documents say confessed to a two-month killing spree that left six people dead, the stain of the slayings seemed to pursue him even after death.

Itzcoatl Ocampo, discharged as a Marine in 2010, was not buried in a military cemetery as his family has once hoped. Instead, a small procession of family members in a Santa Ana cemetery Sunday morning marked the burial of Ocampo, a man charged as a serial killer and found dead in his jail cell before he could face a jury. He was buried four months after his death.

“I sent them a healthy son that was willing to make the ultimate sacrifice,” said his father, Refugio Ocampo, of his son’s military service. “They gave me back a sick son, wounded, who didn’t get any help.”

Ocampo, described once by District Attorney Tony Rackauckas as “a monster,” and “a vicious killer,” was buried at Fai

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Accused Serial Killer Ocampo Dies Before Trial

A former US Marine charged in a serial thrill-kill spree that left six people dead in California has died in hospital before his trial.

Itzcoatl "Izzy" Ocampo, 25, fell ill in his single-man cell on Wednesday. He was taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead on the following day.

No cause of death was given, and officials said an autopsy would be performed in the coming days.

Ocampo had been scheduled to appear in court in January for a pre-trial hearing.

Prosecutors were seeking the death penalty against him.

Ocampo, a native of Mexico, was facing murder charges in the deaths of a school friend's mother and brother in October 2011.

He was also accused of stabbing four homeless men in late 2011 and early 2012, in what authorities described as a serial thrill-kill rampage.

He targeted his homeless victims because they were vulnerable and because he felt they were a blight to the community, authorities said.

Ocampo was discharged from the Marine Corps in 2010.

He told investigators he planned to kill 16 peopl