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Does L.A. have another serial killer?

Until the death of former NFL star Kevin Johnson, nobody paid much attention to a string

of murders taking place in the Compton Creek area of Los Angeles.

The notorious camp along the L.A. River is known for being dangerous.

But the homeless population, being what it is around L.A., many people will stay wherever they

can, which is how 55-year-old Kevin Johnson found the camp.

A fourth-round draft pick of the New England Patriots in 1993. Johnson spent three years in the NFL

in the mid-90s for the Philadelphia Eagles and Oakland Raiders, then four years in arena football before

hanging up his cleats. Johnson's son Brandon is speaking out about his father's death, suggesting

health issues have plagued the former athlete possibly contributing to his housing instability.

Brandon says his father found the homeless encampment in the Willowbrook area along the L.A.

River south of L.A. about six months before his murder. Johnson was found dead in the encampment

on January 21st with stab wounds and what the Sheriff's Department described as head trauma.

The camp is now tied to at least three other murders, and it's possible the same person

is behind all four killings.

On October 5th, 52-year-old Michelle Steele shot in the head, dies a month later in the hospital.

Shortly after the death of Steele, on December 4th, Octavio Arias, also 52,

beaten to death. And just last week, Moro Alfaro, a man in his mid-50s, bludgeoned to death.

The medical examiner ruled the death of Kevin Johnson, a homicide from blunt head trauma

and stab wounds. Johnson's son Brandon helped investigators identify

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