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Saturday, November 30, 2013

Man Awaiting Murder Trial Ate Ajax, Died

A man ate cleanser that he apparently collected slowly while in custody and died while awaiting trial in the killings of four homeless men and two others, his lawyer said.

The lawyer, Michael Molfetta, who was briefed on the death, said Friday that the incident raises serious questions about Orange County jail deputies' supervision of Itzcoatl Ocampo, who was mentally ill.

Ocampo, a 25-year-old former Marine, was found shaking and vomiting in his single-man cell Wednesday and taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead a day later, sheriff's Lt. Jeff Hallock said.

No cause of death was immediately given, and officials said an autopsy will be performed in the coming days, but Molfetta said investigators believe Ocampo waited until he accumulated enough Ajax industrial cleaner for a lethal dose, then ingested it.  More

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