Night Stalker

Ricardo Richard Munoz Ramirez born February 28, 1960 is a convicted serial grampus and is awaiting execution on Californias death row. Before his capture, Ramirez was dubbed the dark Stalker by the mass media. Munozs law-breakings stem from murder to rape and home invasion, his outgrowth victim was on April 10, 1984, 9-year-old Mei Leung was found dead in a hotel basement where Ramirez was living at the time. Ramirezs DNA was matched to DNA guarded at the 1984 crime scene in 2009. On June 28, 1984, 79-year-old Jennie Vincow was found dead in her apartment.She had been stabbed repeatedly, and her throat was slashed so severely she was almost decapitated. On February 21, 1985, Sisters Christina and Mary Caldwell, olden 58 and 71, were found dead in their home. They each were stabbed dozens of clock. On March 17, 1985, Ramirez attacked 22-year-old Angela Barrios outside her home. He stroke her before entering her house. deep down was Dayle Okazaki, senesce 34, who Ramirez imm ediately shot and killed. Within an hour of sidesplitting Okazaki, Ramirez over again attacked 30-year-old Tsai-Lian Yu, he pulled her out of her car onto the road. He shot her several times and fled.The two attacks occurring on the same day sparked media attention, and caused panic and fear among the public. On March 27, Ramirez shot Vincent Zazzara, age 64, and his wife Maxine, age 44. Mrs. Zazzaras body was damage with several stab wounds. Bullets found at the scene were matched to those found at previous attacks, and the police realized a serial killer was on the loose. Two months subsequently killing the Zazarra couple, Ramirez attacked a Chinese couple Harold Wu, age 66, who was shot in the head, and his wife, Jean Wu, age 63, who was punched, bound, and then violently raped.On whitethorn 29, 1985, Ramirez attacked Malvial Keller, 83, and her disabled sister, Blanche Wolfe, 80, whipstitch each with a hammer. Ramirez attempted to rape Keller, solely failed. The next day, R uth Wilson, 41, was bound, raped, and sodomized by Ramirez, while her 12-year-old son was locked in a closet. Ramirez slashed Wilson once, and then bound her and her son together, and left. On June 2, 1985 Edward Wildgans, 29, was shot and killed by Ramirez. His girlfriend was raped several times by Ramirez but survived.On July 5, sixteen-year-old Whitney Bennett survived after being beaten with a tire iron by Ramirez. On July 7, Linda Fortuna, 63, was attacked and Ramirez tried to rape her, but failed. On July 20, he again potty twice he shot and killed a 32-year-old man, Chitat Assawahem, and his wife Sakima, 29, was beaten and oblige to perform oral intercourse. Later in the same day a Glendale couple, Maxson Kneiding, 66, and his wife Lela, also 66, were shot and killed. On August 6, Ramirez shot both(prenominal) Christopher Petersen, 38, and his wife, Virginia, 27, in the head.Amazingly, they both survived. On August 8, Ramirez attacked a couple, fatally slam Ahmed Zia, 35, before raping Zias wife, Suu Kyi, 28. Ramirez then left Los Angeles area, and on August 17, he shot to death a 66-year-old man in San Francisco, also shooting and beating his wife. The wife survived her wounds and was able to identify her assaulter from police sketches as the attacker from other similar previous attacks. August 24, 1985, Ramirez traveled broke apartment of Bill Carns, 29, and his fiancee, Inez Erickson, 27.Ramirez shot Carns in the head and raped Erickson. Munoz had stolen the couples car and was found on August 28, and police were able to obtain unrivalled fingerprint that was on the mirror of the vehicle. The prints belonged to Richard Munoz Ramirez, who was described as a 25-year-old drifter from Texas with a long rap sheet that included more arrests for traffic and illegal drug violations. Two days later, his mugshots were broadcast on national television and printed on the cover of every major publisher in California.The next day Ramirez was identified, ch ased, surrounded, and severely beaten by an choleric mob in East Los Angeles as he was trying to slide a car. Police had to break up the mob to prevent them from killing Ramirez. On September 20, 1989, he was found guilty of 13 counts of murder, 5 attempted murders, 11 sexual assaults and 14 burglaries. During the penalty phase of the trial run on November 7, 1989, he was sentenced to die in Californias gas chamber. The trial of Richard Ramirez was one of the most difficult and longest criminal trials in American history, winning over four years to finalize.Almost 1,600 prospective jurors were interviewed. More than one coulomb witnesses testified, and while a number of witnesses had a difficult time recalling veritable facts four years after the crimes, others were quite certain of the identity of Richard Ramirez. References The Night Stalker by Philip Carlo pg. 191 ch. 20 IM YOUR NIGHT PROWLER Interview with Richard Ramirez (Interview). fete OF HATE AND FEAR. Issue 6 FEAST OF HATE AND FEAR. 1996. http//listography. com/showder/serial_killers. /the_victims_of_richard_ram%C3%