Serial Killer Targeting Calif. Homeless: Police
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Thinkstock/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Homeless men in southern California are being warned by police to stick together and remain on high alert for a suspected serial killer who may be preying on them.
The murders of three homeless, middle-aged men since Dec. 20 have police scrambling to caution the “significant” homeless population in Orange County, according to Anaheim police spokesman Sgt. Bob Dunn.
All three men were stabbed to death by their attacker, who police believe is a man captured on surveillance video during one of the crimes. The deaths occurred in Anaheim, Yorba Linda, and Placentia, from Dec. 20 to Dec. 30.
The victims were alone when the attacks happened, said Dunn. But two of the murders occurred in public spaces, one at a strip mall around 8 p.m., and one outside of a library just before closing time, around 5 p.m. The other victim was killed along a riverside trail and discovered during the early morning hours by a jogger.
Police are asking the public to call in with any helpful information to the task force hotline: 714-765-1944.
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