Authorities are looking for a 20-year-old convicted killer who did not report back to a midway home in Santa Ana, allegedly violating the phrases of his probation.
Ike Souzer is an “extraordinarily harmful and violent prison” who was launched from police custody on Wednesday after serving a jail time period for a vandalism offense, Orange County District Legal professional Todd Spitzer’s workplace stated in a information launch. In line with the phrases of his probation, Souzer is required to examine in usually with the Venture Kinship midway home in Santa Ana, however he did not return to the home Wednesday night time.
He additionally has not reported to his probation officer, as required beneath the phrases of his launch from police custody, authorities stated.
Household and buddies described Souzer as autistic.
In 2017, his mom, Barbara Scheuer-Souzer posted fliers on Fb asking for the general public’s assist to search out her son, who she stated had run away. A couple of weeks later, Souzer fatally stabbed his mom exterior their Backyard Grove dwelling, based on police.
Together with her dying breath, Scheuer-Souzer informed police that her son stabbed her. He was arrested a short while later not removed from his dwelling, authorities stated, and was finally convicted of voluntary manslaughter. In line with the Orange County Register, Souzer’s lawyer argued that the killing was performed in self-defense, and that Souzer had skilled years of “excessive abuse.”
Souzer has escaped from custody a number of occasions since his mom’s demise.
In April 2019, a then-15-year-old Souzer escaped from an Orange County juvenille corridor, the place he had attacked correction officers, authorities stated.
In October 2023, Souzer was convicted of creating a shiv whereas in a county jail. The choose within the case prioritized giving Souzer the providers he wanted to reintegrate into society as an grownup, sentencing him to 1 yr in jail and two on “obligatory supervision” by probation officers, the Orange County Register reported.
Most lately, Souzer was sentenced to 90 days in jail for vandalism, however he was launched from police custody on Wednesday, based on the district lawyer’s workplace.
Souzer didn’t return to the Santa Ana midway home after first checking in, and by no means reported to his probation officer, the district lawyer’s workplace stated.
This marks the second time Souzer did not report again to the identical midway home, based on authorities. In 2022, Souzer was launched from jail with an digital monitor and was later discovered by police on Easter Sunday at a homeless encampment in Anaheim.
