Iraq Vet Wanted To Be 'Real Marine'

Ocampo told investigators he planned to kill 16 people to follow in the footsteps of University of Texas tower killer and fellow former Marine Charles Whitman. He said he had no history of psychological problems and felt the need to kill after he was confined to driving a water truck and a dirt truck on a military base in Iraq."He entered the Marine Corps with the purpose of seeing combat and becoming a killer," Anaheim police detective Daron Wyatt testified. "He felt in order to become a real Marine, he needed to kill."Ocampo's attorney Randall Longwith said the fact that his client confessed to the murders so soon after his arrest is unusual and highlights his mental state, as does a videotape of a session with Wyatt that shows Ocampo talking to himself during breaks in the questioning."He talks to Wyatt about the distinction between who he refers to as Corporal Ocampo and Izzy," Longwith said on Friday. "Corporal Ocampo is who he says does this bad stuff."

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