The Night Stalker: The Life and Crimes of Richard Ramirez

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The series also dealt with creatures from science fiction, including a killer android, an invisible extraterrestrial, a prehistoric ape-man spawned from thawed cell samples, and a humanoid lizard protecting its eggs. [ citation needed] Ricardo Leyva Muñoz Ramirez [5] was born in El Paso, Texas, on February 29, 1960, to Julián Tapia Ramirez (February 16, 1927 – August 19, 1991) and Mercedes Muñoz Ramirez (April 10, 1927 – April 12, 2016), the youngest of their five children. [6] [7] His father, a Mexican national and former policeman who later became a laborer on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway, [8] was an alcoholic who was prone to fits of anger that often resulted in physical abuse towards his wife and children. [9] Ramirez began smoking marijuana and drinking alcohol at the age of 10. [10] Communication lags between the various law enforcement jurisdictions within Los Angeles County often made the already difficult job of hardworking investigators even more difficult. At age 12, Ramirez was taken under the wing of his older cousin, Miguel "Mike" Ramirez, [12] a decorated Green Beret who himself had already become a serial killer and a rapist during his service in the Vietnam War. Mike often boasted of committing brutal war crimes and shared Polaroid photos with Ramirez showing Vietnamese women whom he had raped, murdered and dismembered or decapitated. [13] [14] Ramirez would later state while incarcerated that he was fascinated, rather than repulsed, by the images and stories Mike shared with him. Mike taught his young cousin some of his military skills, including stealth and kill tactics. [15] Around this time, Ramirez began to seek escape from his father's violent temper by sleeping in a local cemetery. [15] He pulled down the blanket and stabbed her deeply in the chest three more times, sexually charged by the plunging of the blade, propelled and spurred on by the certainty that he was one with Satan—one with evil.

Kolchak: The Night Stalker is an American television series that aired on ABC during the 1974–1975 season. The series followed wire service reporter Carl Kolchak ( Darren McGavin) who investigates mysterious crimes with unlikely causes, particularly those involving the supernatural or science fiction, including fantastic creatures. The series was preceded by the two television movies, The Night Stalker (1972) and The Night Strangler (1973). Although the series lasted only a single season, it rapidly achieved cult status and has remained very popular in syndication. [ citation needed] The bullet enters the skull and zigzags about without exiting, causing havoc to the brain; it’s almost always fatal.

Supreme Court Minutes Wednesday, September 27, 2006, San Francisco, California" (PDF). courtinfo.ca.gov. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 3, 2007 . Retrieved September 10, 2007. On September 20, 1989, Ramirez was convicted of all forty-three charges: thirteen counts of murder, five attempted murders, eleven sexual assaults and fourteen burglaries. [125] During the penalty phase of the trial on November 7, 1989, he was sentenced to death in California's gas chamber. [126] He stated to reporters after the death sentences, "Big deal. Death always went with the territory. See you in Disneyland." [127] During Ramirez’s trial, his father claimed his son was in El Paso, Texas, in May 1985, when he had allegedly raped three women and murdered one. However, records from a Los Angeles dentist office showed Ramirez had appeared for an appointment on May 30. Bruno, Anthony. "The Night Stalker: Serial Killer Richard Ramirez: "I Love Satan" ". TruTV. Atlanta, Georgia: Turner Entertainment Networks, Inc. Archived from the original on June 16, 2012 . Retrieved June 16, 2012. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( link)

A woman named Christine Lee claimed on Geraldo Rivera’s talk show that she was engaged to Ramirez but didn’t offer any details of their relationship. Hard jawed, cold-eyed, Castillo called for fingerprint people, photographers, criminalists, and someone from the coroner’s office. Before the body could be disturbed in any way, it was legally mandated that a representative of the Los Angeles Coroner’s Office be present. When John Hererra from the Frank married his childhood sweetheart, Jayne, and they had three children—a girl, Terri, and two boys, Frank Jr. and Michael. Following in his famous dad’s footsteps, Frank Jr. was a sheriffs deputy and hoped someday to be a homicide detective.

Looking directly at him, her dark eyes unwavering, she told him it was an absolute mystery to her, and Carrillo believed her. He was an accurate judge of character, and he was sure Maria was telling the truth. He asked her if the AC/DC cap was hers or Dayle’s. She said it wasn’t. He asked her again to describe the man she’d seen in the garage.

A politician ( Tom Skerritt) on a meteoric rise murders his opposition through a pact with Satan which gives him the ability to turn into an invulnerable dog. It was LAPD fingerprint expert Reynaldo Clara’s job to find any latent prints the killer might have left. He arrived and dusted all over the house, tables, doorknobs, dresser drawers—anywhere there were smudges of blood—but he didn’t find a single print. Clara and Castillo decided to ninhydrin the bathroom. Its surfaces were far too smooth for the powders to be effective in raising prints. Ninhydrate is a chemical that is sprayed on floors and walls. Its fumes attach to any prints, which can then be removed with lifting tape. But the chemical is very strong and toxic, and the process would not be done, it was further decided, until 9:30 He got on the 10 Freeway and drove for a few exits, got off at Alhambra, and looked for a situation he could exploit. He couldn’t find one, returned to the freeway, and drove over to Glassel Park—a small community inhabited by low-income working people. Its population was 42,000. He drove without directions or map, his dark eyes searching the night, looking for a place where he could get in, get what he wanted, and get out. Los Angeles sheriffs deputies John Powell and Anthony Dallus were working the six-to-two shift that night. They received a call of a woman shot at 10:57

Ramsland, Katharine. "The Night Stalker: Serial Killer Richard Ramirez: The Los Angeles Trial". TruTV. Atlanta, Georgia: Turner Entertainment Networks. Archived from the original on May 31, 2008 . Retrieved May 21, 2012. As Erika and her team investigate, things take a strange turn as CCTV footage turns up five female suspects . . . and they’re all identical. The songs "Nightstalker" and "Your Window Is Open" by American death metal band Macabre on their 1993 album Sinister Slaughter and their 2020 album Carnival of Killers, respectively. Bruno, Anthony. "The Night Stalker: "Satanists Don't Wear Gold" ". TruTV. Atlanta, Georgia: Turner Entertainment Networks, Inc. Archived from the original on June 26, 2012 . Retrieved June 26, 2012. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( link)