Fourth homeless man stabbed tonight in my area -- police have a suspect in custody.

[gcvmom]

I sure hope the guy they have is the one responsible for the four murders. It's very unsettling for this to be happening so close to home. DH drives through this intersection every day to go to work, and I drive through the area very frequently. Unbelievable...

Homeless man found dead in Anaheim | homeless, restaurant, dead - News - The Orange County Register

[tiredmommy]

I hope they have the killer... what a horrible thing for these men.

[gcvmom]

A news report this morning identified the suspect in custody and described how they came to arrest him. Witnesses chased him 1/4 mile after he ran from the scene, shedding some of his clothes along the way, and they pointed him out to police. He had some blood on him. The police used a bloodhound to follow the guy's trail in reverse and it led them right back to the site of the stabbing.

I'm going to bet there's a mental illness dx in all this. You'd have to be psychotic or sociopathic to commit such repeatedly brazen murders -- the last two of the four were in VERY busy business areas, one during daylight hours, with the chance of being discovered extremely high. There's insane, and then there's criminally insane.

Very frightening to think this person was roaming our community looking for opportunities...

[tiredmommy]

It is frightening, but I'm heartened by your community's response to these murders. The people that have described the victims saw them as human beings and the people that chased down the armed attacker are heroes, IMHO.

[gcvmom]

It is just so senseless and tragic. These are our most vulnerable in society. And the more you read about this last victim, the more heartbreaking it is.

Latest victim a

[witzend]

I hope they have the right person. This was all just so awful and senseless.

[Dammit Janet]

While the suspect may have some form of psychopathy..dont be too quick to think he is simply mentally ill. Most mentally ill folks dont kill people. Its the true sociopaths that do and they dont care. I was watching LockUp on TV and there was a guy on there that said it so well. He looked at one of the reporters and he said something and I will attempt to quote him...If you go out and intentionally kill someone, then you cant come back later and say you didnt mean it and are remorseful. If you hadnt wanted to do it, you wouldnt have. You did it because you wanted to do it.

This guy was a murderer. I will take his word for it.

[gcvmom]

Here's the latest:
Yorba Linda man arrested after 4{+t}{+h} slaying | homeless, police, friday - News - The Orange County Register

They are pretty confident this is the guy.

They searched the house he was living in -- it's on a horse ranch that my kids have taken riding lessons at. The guy went to a local high school and he moved into this place (currently rented by his uncle) with his mom and siblings about 6 months ago. I'm just dumbstruck -- it all seems like something out of fiction.

Janet, psycopathy to me is a mental illness. But unlike others, it's not treatable.

[gcvmom]

Hate to say I told you so... but here you go:

U.S. News - Report: Suspect in homeless slaying distraught after Iraq combat


http://www.sacbee.com/2012/01/14/418...n-killing.html

[Dammit Janet]

Okay I have a question about all this stuff with these people coming home from Iraq and such with ptsd and going nuts and all. Dont kill me for it. I realize it is tough and awful and they see and do bad things. But isnt that what soldiers have done since there have been military forces? They have fought. They have had battles and gone to war. They have come back from war.

I dont think the country saw this type of thing with the troops returning from WWII. Seems to me from all accounts I have seen or heard that the service members returned home and took up where they left off. They either went to college on the GI Bill or got married and bought homes and started family's. That's how we got the baby boom. Is it just that the personality of type of people that are joining now arent the same now? Of course back then it was drafted as well as volunteer.

Or maybe its just now everyone wants to blame it on the fact that someone has been in the service and come home.