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James McGillivray

Case from Placentia, CA dated Dec 20, 2011

Victim Details

James McGillivray

Male

White / Caucasian

Placentia

CA

2011-12-20

53

James

McGillivray

07/09/2026

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On the evening of December 20, 2011, 53-year-old white male James Patrick McGillivray was fatally stabbed in Placentia, California. The attack occurred around 8:15 p.m. in a shopping center located in the 100 block of North Bradford Avenue. Surveillance footage from a nearby business captured the incident, showing that the assailant appeared to wait methodically before launching the unprovoked and violent assault. Authorities described the suspect as a thin male, approximately 18 to 25 years old ...
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  • The Obsidian Serpent - The Atavist Magazine
  • Police identify transient killed in stabbing - Orange County Register
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