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Kalifornian poliisi varoittaa kodittomia vaanivasta sarjamurhaajasta
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Kalifornian poliisi ja asunnottomia avustavat järjestöt varoittavat kodittomia näitä vainoavasta sarjamurhaajasta. Orangen piirikunnassa on murhattu joulukuun 21. päivän jälkeen jo kolme asunnotonta miestä.

Viranomaisten mukaan ainoa murhattuja yhdistävä tekijä on kodittomuus. Murhille ei ole löydetty motiivia.

Epäilty murhaaja on tallentunut turvakameran nauhalle, mutta poliisi ei toistaiseksi tiedä hänen henkilöllisyyttään.

Kadulla yöpyviä kodittomia kehotetaan hakeutumaan yömajoihin tai nukkumaan suuremmissa ryhmissä. Asunnottomille on lisäksi jaettu taskulamppuja ja pillejä, joilla voi hälyttää apua

Published: Jan. 13, 2012 Updated: Jan. 14, 2012 2:16 a.m
Suspect detained in killing of homeless man

By SEAN EMERY / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

ANAHEIM – A homeless man was found stabbed to death Friday night behind fast-food restaurant in Anaheim, and police have detained a man they believe is responsible for the killing, authorities said.
Police are not speculating as to whether the man in custody is connected to the recent killings of three other homeless men in the area, Anaheim police Deputy Chief Craig Hunter said.

The man was discovered about 8:15 p.m. Friday next to a trash enclosure at a Carl's Jr. restaurant at the intersection of La Palma Avenue and Imperial Highway, Anaheim police Sgt. Bob Dunn said.
Several witnesses reported an assault in progress, police said, and officers arrived to find the homeless man dead in the parking lot.
Hunter said witnesses followed the man suspected in the killing and provided officers a description that led to his apprehension.
While police have not identified the homeless man, several residents say he is a transient known to frequent the shopping center, who they know only as "John."
Krista Schegetz, a nearby resident, said she had known John for five or six years and often spoke to him and took him food.
"He was very solitary," Schegetz said. "When I first met him, I asked him if there was anything he needed, and he said 'I have everything.' "
Residents said he was a self-described Vietnam veteran who kept to himself, even after the recent homeless killings.
"He was the nicest guy you can imagine," said Kevin Christensen, who had recently spoken to the man. "I wanted to warn him there was a serial killer loose, and he said 'Don't worry about it.' "
Authorities did not release any information on the man they took into custody. While they declined to speculate if he was behind the earlier homeless slayings, Hunter acknowledged that "in a very general sense" he matched the physical description of person suspected in the killings.
The serial killer is believed to have carried out the murders of three middle-aged homeless men in the past several weeks.
James McGillivray was killed Dec. 20 while sleeping outside a Placentia shopping center. The body of Lloyd Middaugh, 42, was found eight days later on the Santa Ana River Trail in Anaheim. Two days later, Paulus Cornelius Smit, 57, was found dead behind the Yorba Linda library.
All were stabbed repeatedly.
The only physical description of the killer has come from a grainy surveillance video from the Placentia murder, which appears to show a male wearing a dark, hooded sweat shirt.
Police were also looking for a white, four-door 2000 to 2003 Toyota Corolla seen on video more than an hour before McGillivray was attacked.
Friday's killing occurred a little more than 3 miles from the Yorba Linda library, where police and FBI officials Friday afternoon and evening staged roadblocks asking drivers for information about Smit's death.
The shopping center remained block late Friday night, as investigators let patrons leave after they were interviewed, and bloodhounds were brought in to go over the scene.
Angelina Ortega waited for her son, who had left a voicemail message that he and his girlfriend had witnessed the killing.
"The killer was behind them walking, and then running," Ortega said of her son's message.
Authorities urged the homeless to stay vigilant.
"We are certainly not letting our guard down," Hunter said.
Anaheim Mayor Tom Tait congratulated police on their work in taking the man suspected in the latest death into custody.
"Our thoughts go out to the victims and the homeless community," Tait said.

Hissukka kirjoitti:Viimeisen puukotuksen uhri on koditon vietnamin sodan veteraani nimeltä John ei siis puukottaja.
Epäillystä puukottajasta ei ole vielä tiedotettu muuta kuin että sopii aiempiin tuntomerkkeihin.