Trial Marine 'Had Mental Health Issues'

A former US Marine who died in hospital while awaiting trial over the deaths of six people had ingested Ajax in his prison cell, his lawyer has said.

Itzcoatl Ocampo, 25, apparently stockpiled the cleaning product while being held in custody, said Michael Molfetta.

The revelation raises questions over the level of supervision Orange County jail deputies were giving Ocampo, who had mental health issues.

He was found shaking and vomiting in his cell on Wednesday and was pronounced dead in hospital the following day.

No cause of death has been given, but an autopsy will be performed next week.

Mr Molfetta said: "If you spend three minutes with Ocampo, you are acutely aware of the fact that he has some mental issues.

"They were severe and they were obvious and they definitely were not contrived.

"With that being said, this was a guy who should have garnered the highest level of scrutiny ... and it wasn't done."

Prosecutors alleged that Ocampo, a native of Mexico, stabbed four homeless men in what they called a serial thrill-kill rampage in late 2011 and early 2012.

Ocampo targeted his homeless victims because they were vulnerable and because he felt they were a blight on the community, authorities said.

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. 

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