LOCAL : Suspect in Deaths Out on Bail

A Bellflower man suspected in the weekend deaths of two college-age campers at San Onofre State Park was released from a North San Diego County detention center, officials there said today.

Douglas John Freels, 24, who was released from the Vista Detention Facility on $10,000 bail, is scheduled to appear at a Sept. 27 arraignment, a jail spokeswoman said.

Freels was taken into custody Sunday at his Bellflower home, seven hours after he allegedly ran over Graham Jacob Grubb, 18, of Laguna Niguel and Amanda Jocon Ciskowski, 19, of San Diego with his 1967 Ford Mustang, officials said.

The couple, who were camping out at the north San Diego County beach, were killed about 2:30 a.m. Sunday as they slept in their tent.

Freels remained secluded at his Bellflower home today and was seeking legal counsel, said a woman who identified herself as his mother but declined to give her name.

“He’s very stunned,” the woman said in a short telephone interview this morning. “The whole thing is very disturbing for Doug.

“He feels very bad. He is a victim in this, too.”

Freels could be charged with felony drunk driving, felony hit and run and vehicular manslaughter at his next appearance in Vista Municipal Court, the California Highway Patrol said.