The latest & apparently last victim of the
O.C. serial killer was, just like the alleged killer,
a military veteran,
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| John Berry, 64, is warned on Jan. 5 by Anaheim Police Sgt. Mike Lynch about the serial killer preying on homeless men in Orange County. On Friday, Berry himself was killed. (Allen J. Schaben, Los Angeles Times/January 6, 2012) |
although the victim of one of America's earlier wars of aggression.
ANAHEIM - A tribute made up of candles, ballooons, coffee cups, cookies, cigarettes and a gray-white stuffed elephant lies next to the trash enclosure where a serial killer's fourth victim was stabbed and killed.
Locals in the area who say they knew him, calling him John, came out early Saturday to pay respects and remember the friendly, God-fearing, Santa Claus-like looking man.
Marilyn Holland and Linda Maher shared stories about the mild-mannered Vietnam vet who was known to never ask for money but always got it anyhow.
As Maher drive up in her pickup truck, she called over to Holland, "Was it John?" she asked. "This makes me so mad. I'm so sick about John. He never asked for money. When people gave him money, he always said, 'God bless you.'"
Holland said she had warned John about the serial killer and had wanted to buy him a cell phone.
"He always liked to sit and drink coffee at Carl's Jr., read his bible and do crossword puzzles out of the paper. It such a tragedy, he looked just like Santa Claus," she said. "He was friends with everyone. Even the coyotes in the riverbed, he gave them all names."
Have we mentioned how much we hate this fucking country, & the people in it that make it such a shit-hole? You might have missed it.
2 comments:
That's just a terrible story. Needless bullshit and misery begets needless bullshit and misery.
Words Fail Editor:
Horrid. And now we hear that victim Berry was, as he feared, being stalked by the alleged killer, as a result of the photo up there w/ the officer.
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