Ocampo's Killings in Orange County

On October 25th of 2011, Ocampo suddenly appeared on the doorstep of his old high school classmate, 24-year-old Aedar Herrera. Despite denying any involvement in the deaths of his mother and brother, he was still considered the main suspect when it was revealed that they had gotten into some kind of verbal altercation with them. Two days later, O campo killed another homeless man, stabbing 57-year-olds Paulus Smith more than 50 times before discarding his body in a public library parking lot. In early January of 2012, several newspapers published a series of articles about the investigation into the killings. One included an article in the Los Angeles Times which spoke extremely negatively about