The title reflects the level of “Gun Death” of this story:
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.
I must say, it sounds like this suicide could have only been avoided by not allowing inmate to have jobs in prison. I’m not versed in this subject, but I suspect listless inmates are probably MORE violent to other prisoners, as well as guards if they have jobs to help pass the day and give their lives a little more meaning while incarcerated. A powdered cleaner is easy to conceal just about anywhere, and if he collected little bits over time, this is down right impossible to detect by any reasonable means.
And why was he in jail?
He was charged in January 2012 with four counts of murder, with special allegations of multiple murders, lying in wait and use of a deadly weapon. Three victims were stabbed more than 40 times each with a single-edged blade at least 7 inches long. In one instance, prosecutors, said, Ocampo selected as his next victim a homeless man who was featured in a Los Angeles Times story about the killings.
Note this is California where they have strict gun control laws to limit “Gun Death”. Also its not the tool its the person:
Ocampo, who was discharged from the Marines in 2010, also was facing murder charges in the deaths of a school friend’s mother and brother in October 2011.
There are monsters among us, and private weapons are used to defend against these monsters. These beasts are who the “Gun Death” crowd want to rule the streets.
H/T Wallphone
