The Night Stalker: The Life and Crimes of Richard Ramirez

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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. Grad, Shelby (March 10, 2015). "Sean Penn's unlikely pen pal: 'Night Stalker' Richard Ramirez". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles . Retrieved October 25, 2023. Elyas Abowath – Ramirez shot and killed the 31-year-old on 8 August, 1985 in Diamond Bar, California, during a burglary of the family home. 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. Mother . . . Mother, are you here? Mother? he called into the ominous silence. There was no response. With trepidation he walked toward Jennie’s bedroom, a feeling of dread welling up in him. The light in the bedroom was not good. Jennie was covered by a blanket. He grabbed it, lifted it, and saw the terrible destruction—the gaping, obscene wounds, the nearly detached head. He turned and ran from the apartment, yelling, My mother’s been murdered! Call the police! He went straight to the managers of the building, a married couple named Laui and Rene Trinque, and banged on their door, calling out, My mother’s been murdered. Oh, God, please call the police!

Jennie Vincow – The 79-year-old was killed by Ramirez on 27 June, 1984, when he also burgled her home in Glassell Park LA. Chainarong Khovananth – The 32-year-old was shot and killed while asleep in his home in Sun Valley in 20 July, 1985. After murdering Jennie Vincow, the killer slipped deeper and deeper into intravenous cocaine addiction; the drug became his life, his main preoccupation. To get it he needed money, which he routinely secured by committing burglaries—frequently two and three a day. This review is going to be long, it's going to jump around an ramble in places and in some instances I'm going t direct my comments to certain people - like they're sitting reading them right this very second. And I hope they do some day.

3. The Shoe Trail

Ramirez’s actions on his final night of terror—August 24, 1985, in the Los Angeles area—soon led to his capture. First, he was spotted outside a Mission Viejo home, where he unwittingly left a footprint, before the witness took note of his car and license plate. Later, after Ramirez raped another woman at her home (and shot her fiancé), the victim provided a detailed description of her assailant, who had forced her to swear her love for Satan. Fused together by cocaine, his days melted into weeks, then months, and there was no new violence, but there were scores of break-ins and robberies. He felt certain that demons and Satan were protecting him and watching over him—and that he’d never get caught. When he reached adolescence, Ramirez began to meld his burgeoning sexual fantasies with graphic violence, including forced bondage, murder, mutilation and rape. [21] While still in school, he took a job at a local Holiday Inn and used his master key to rob sleeping patrons. [22] On at least one occasion, Ramirez molested two children in an elevator at the hotel, but he was never reported or prosecuted for this act. His employment ended abruptly after Ramirez attempted to rape a woman in her hotel room and was caught in the act by the victim's husband. [23] Although the husband beat Ramirez at the scene, criminal charges were dropped when the couple, who lived out of state, declined to return to Texas to testify against him. [24] But… one political figure would make a damming mistake later on. More on that below. 4. Assaults of Children

He assumed he’d killed her, pushed her body aside and went up the ten stairs. He entered the house and found himself in a nicely appointed dining room just off a kitchen. There were small vases with flowers on the kitchen counters and the dining room table.As Carrillo drove home that morning, a hot, fiery dawn was beginning to color the sky. He was tired and looked forward to a few hours of rest before he returned to work. Often he went about the business of catching murderers with very little sleep.

Last, Clara focused his attention on the window, the probable source of entry. Wearing gloves, he took the screen into the bright California sunlight so he could see better. He dusted the screen with white fingerprint powder, finding four prints, three of them partially discernible, one smudged. That afternoon Carrillo went to see Maria at the Beverly Hospital, finding her in a gleaming white hospital bed with a large bandage on her right hand and a very sad face. He hugged and kissed her hello and gave her his sincere condolences over the loss of her friend. Pulling a chair close to the bed, he parked his huge frame, crossed his legs, leaned forward, and asked Maria to tell him what the hell had happened. Jury selection for Ramirez' trial began on July 22, 1988. At his first court appearance, he raised a hand with a pentagram drawn on it and yelled, "Hail Satan!" [122] On August 3, 1988, the Los Angeles Times reported that some jail employees overheard Ramirez planning to shoot the prosecutor with a gun, which he intended to have smuggled into the courtroom. [123] Consequently, a metal detector was installed outside and intensive searches were conducted on people entering.

9. His Childhood

Dets. Castillo and Wynn questioned whoever they could find home at the Chapman apartment building, but no one had seen or heard anything. They searched the alley, a garbage dumpster out front, the street, the curbs, and the sidewalks for the knife, but couldn’t find it. Detectives even climbed the cemetery wall and looked for it there—thinking the killer might have thrown it over the wall as he’d departed; they found nothing but some coins, dead flowers, used condoms, and empty beer bottles. Schram, Jamie (March 14, 2016). "Mystery 'second suspect' tied to infamous Night Stalker serial killer". New York Post. New York City: News Corp. Archived from the original on March 14, 2016 . Retrieved September 22, 2018.

The Hillside Strangler, as it turned out, was actually two cousins, Angelo Buono and Kenneth Bianchi, who’d impersonated policemen and abducted, tortured, sexually abused, and killed ten women whose nude bodies had been left—often in obscene positions—on hillsides scattered around Los Angeles communities. Several of the bodies were found in Glendale, which was where Angelo Buono had a car upholstery shop. It was Frank Salerno who’d found in the first victim’s eyelid a tiny piece of thread that was matched with fabric used to upholster furniture—and so eventually tied Buono to the crimes. Martin, Douglas (June 7, 2013). "Richard Ramirez, the 'Night Stalker' Killer, Dies at 53". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on June 11, 2013 . Retrieved June 10, 2013.As they entered the bedroom, they took note of a dresser in the room with its drawers open and things strewn all over. They moved closer and studied Jennie Vincow’s wounds. Homicide detectives all over the world are a hard lot; not much fazes them. But even for a homicide man, it is very unpleasant to see the murder of an elderly person. Biography". Crime and investigation network UK: AETN UK. Archived from the original on May 19, 2014 . Retrieved May 22, 2012. Without a doubt, Mayor Feinstein made a big mistake,” said Frank Falzon, a San Francisco police inspector. Turns out, the chief of police had never told her to not release it. They never were able to find the shoes after that. 9. His Childhood He was certain that Satan, archenemy of Christ, of all things good, was traveling with him, and that Satan would protect him so long as he stayed evil in his heart and showed no mercy. Maria. Hernandez couldn’t tell what kind of car he’d been driving, the color, or the license plate number. She was too upset to think straight.