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Slashing Suspect Identified In California Campers Slayings
Clarence Otis Smith 43 of Auburn is charged with the July 12 killings of Donna Fitzhugh and John Simmons. Bloodstained clothes and an 18 inch curved blade knife were found beneath his home. An all points bulletin was issued as detectives investigated. Smith’s motive linked to his son David's June 25 death in a highway crash near Auburn.
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Nevada City
Calif
UPI
Clarence Otis Smith
Auburn
Smith
Donna Fitzhugh
Ontario
John Simmons
Weimar
Sacramento Bee
Everett T. Richardson
The
Bee
David
Highway Patrol
Richardson