EAST COUNTY — State hospital officials on Tuesday proposed placing a second sexually violent predator at a home on Mount Helix, just weeks after the first proposed placement at the home prompted fierce backlash from hundreds of residents in the neighborhood near El Cajon. Merle Wade Wakefield, 64 (Courtesy of San Diego County Sheriff’s Department) A judge approved the conditional release of Merle Wade Wakefield, 64, in January. A virtual hearing to address his proposed placement at 10957 Horizon Hills Drive is set for 9 a.m. May 10 in San Diego Superior Court, at which time community members can listen in on Zoom and comment on the proposed placement location.