For his help in nabbing the suspect in the murders of four Anaheim-area homeless men, Donny Hopkins, a 32-year-old forklift driver, was rewarded $5,000 by The Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs on January 25, CBS News reported.
On January 13, Hopkins was at a drugstore buying cigarettes for his wife when someone rushed in and alerted shoppers of a murder occurring in a neighboring parking lot. Hopkins ran from the store to find a man repeatedly stabbing a homeless victim outside a Carl’s Jr. restaurant. The man attempted to flee, but Hopkins pursued him into a nearby trailer park, dialing 911 on his cell phone as he ran. Police soon arrived at the park and arrested a blood-covered suspect, 23-year-old former Marine, Itzcoatl Ocampo.
Ocampo, whose father is homeless, is
suspected of killing four homeless men in
the last two months. At Ocampo’s apartment,
authorities recently found a knife
sharpener, a medical marijuana prescription
and a book titled The Most Notorious
Crimes in American History. He is now
being held without bail and will be arraigned
on Feb. 17. It is unclear whether
prosecutors will seek the death penalty.
