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I first heard about James McGillivray, Lloyd “Jim” Middaugh, and Paulus “Dutch” Smit about a month ago, though not by name. A tiny news crawler reported that three men were victims of a serial killer in southern California. James McGillivray’s body was found near a Placentia, CA, shopping mall on December 21 st .  53 year-old McGillivray hung out almost every day at the mall.  Regulars there called him humble, unobtrusive, and a “nice guy.”  A 17 year-old commented “I don’t know why someone would kill him.”  McGillivray was sleeping when he was attacked and stabbed to death. Jim Middaugh’s body was found along a riverbed trail in Anaheim on December 28 th .  He was also stabbed to death as he slept.  After his death, his mother – to whom Middaugh was exceptionally close – described her six foot, four inch son as a “gentle giant.” Dutch Smit was 57 years old when his body was found outside a Yorba Linda public library on December 30 th . ...

I first heard about James McGillivray, Lloyd “Jim” Middaugh, and Paulus “Dutch” Smit about a month ago, though not by name. A tiny news crawler reported that three men were victims of a serial killer in southern California. James McGillivray’s body was found near a Placentia, CA, shopping mall on December 21 st .  53 year-old McGillivray hung out almost every day at the mall.  Regulars there called him humble, unobtrusive, and a “nice guy.”  A 17 year-old commented “I don’t know why someone would kill him.”  McGillivray was sleeping when he was attacked and stabbed to death. Jim Middaugh’s body was found along a riverbed trail in Anaheim on December 28 th .  He was also stabbed to death as he slept.  After his death, his mother – to whom Middaugh was exceptionally close – described her six foot, four inch son as a “gentle giant.” Dutch Smit was 57 years old when his body was found outside a Yorba Linda public library on December 30 th . ...