And then he shot her in the side, under her right arm. Forty police cars and seven helicopters rushed to the area. The Monterrey Park police found a footprint at their crime scene that belonged to Ramirez, but didnt share that information with the detectives working the case. Accounts of how he destroyed countless lives and families would come later. He used the freeways to explore his dark fantasies throughout Southern California and even as far up as San Francisco. He was startled to see sparks emanate from the cord, and when his victim began to breathe, he fled the house believing that Jesus Christ had intervened and saved her. At 24, when he committed his first known murder, he was a veteran burglar and car thief, as well as often homeless because he spent the majority of his cash on drugs and prostitutes. Police recovered a car he had used, with bullets inside that linked him to several of the murders. 4. Californias new computerized fingerprint system was finally online. Unsatisfied with how long it was taking, Ramirez then shot both of them in the head with his .22-caliber handgun before further mutilating their bodies with the machete. Using a hammer he found in their kitchen, the Night Stalker bludgeoned Mabel unconscious before shocking her with an electrical cord. Ramirez, who was an avowed Satanist, never expressed any remorse for his crimes. When he was released in June of 1984, it was only a matter of weeks before he committed the first of his Night Stalker murders. He was the fifth and last child of Julian and Mercedes Ramirez. One night while arguing with his wife Mike shot her in the head. On July 20, 1985, Ramirez purchased a machete with cash before driving a stolen Toyota out to Glendale. A group of bystanders took off after himand, after more attempts to steal a car failed, soon caught up with him. But Deputy Detective Gil Carrillobelieved Hernandez when she told him she hadno idea why someone would have followed her home and shot her. The womans husband, who had gone to park the car, caught Ramirez in the act of raping his wife and beat him within an inch of his life. He ditched the Toyota in Hollywood and took a bus back to downtown, where he was staying at the Cecil Hotel. TV's Most Killer True Crime Transformations, 25 Bizarre Facts About the O.J. James III said they were all "pretty freaked out," not knowing if the killer planned to return. Richard Ramirez is aggrandized in popular culture. He fled the scene after retrieving the child from the closet and binding the two together again with the handcuffs. A young woman collapsed into sobs on the witness stand today as she described how an intruder shot her husband in the head, raped her while her husband lay dying, then sodomized their 8-year-old. She started screaming, and he ran around and opened the passenger side door before she could lock it. Unas pocas vctimas ms tarde, el 20 de julio de 1985, Ramrez dispar y mat Chainarong Khovananth , De 32 aos, mientras dorma, luego viol y agredi a su esposa, Somkid Khovananth y at a su hijo de 8 aos. She pulled over and asked why he was following her, threatening to call the police. Tell them the Night Stalker was here, were his last words the brazen killer taunted her with before leaving their shattered home. Settling into the Skid Row area he found he could feed his lust for sex, drugs, and violence 24 hours a day. The house perched on a hillside cul-de-sac in a relatively new neighborhood in Diamond Bar was not fenced and was poorly lit, police said. Maria fell down and played dead, thinking hed run off. Richard worried more for his brothers than he did for himself. . He shot Chris Peterson in the temple and attempted to flee, but Peterson fought back and avoided being hit by two more shots during the struggle before Ramirez escaped. Ramirezs desire for murder was insatiable, far more than other serial killers. She survived the savage beating, which required 478 stitches, nearly four feet of sutures, to close the lacerations to her scalp. But it's unlikely that finding out the Ramirez character was based on a real guy didn'tget younger audiences, or those lucky enough not to know much about him, interested in the true story, which is now also the subject ofthe new Netflix docu-series Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer. View Night Stalker.pptx from SCIENCE 101 at Liberty Sr High School. August 8, 1985: Sakina and Elyas Abowath. He also didnt have a single method of killing. And when Carrillo later showed the sketch made from Hernandez's description to a deputy with the sheriff's East L.A. office, the deputy thought it looked like a compositehe had made of a suspect in the attempted abduction of a girl. A Netflix documentary. The leak infuriated the detectives in the case, as they knew that the killer would be following media coverage and have an opportunity to destroy crucial forensic evidence. Mei Leung, a 9-year-old girl, was found murdered in a hotel basement where Ramirez was living in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco. Hernandez, who had run around to the front of the complex, saw him as he let himself out through the front door. Between the months of June, 1984 to August, 1985, Richard Ramirez terrorized the Los Angeles area with his murderous crimes, including multiple home invasions, resulting in the deaths of sixteen people. To avoid his fathers violent outbursts he took to sleeping in a nearby cemetery. Ramirez told her he had thought he knew her from some place, but Yu said shewas going to call the police. He would break into homes and assault residents, sometimes kidnapping and molesting children and then letting them free. After stealing what he could find, he dragged Erickson to another room to rape and sodomize her. Edit your search or learn more U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 Court, Governmental & Criminal Records Sakina then untied her son and sent him to the neighbors for help. ALos Angeles Timesreport on the crimesin the summer of 1985 relayed that police were searching for a suspect "who usually slips into darkened homes through unlocked doors and windows, attacks his victims while they sleep and then ransacks the home.". On May 14, 1985, Ramirez returned to Monterey Park in search of another random victim and entered the home of William Bill Doi and his disabled wife Lillian. He killed Peter in his sleep with a gunshot to his temple then beat and raped before shooting her and leaving her for dead. He remained in the area for a few more days before stealing a car and driving past Los Angeles to Orange County. When he did, according to Carlo, she started followinghim. Kevin Khovananth is 46 years old and was born on 11/17/1976. His friends back home were stunned to hear Richie was the Night Stalker. Chainarong died immediately. In the summer of 1985, Southern California was in the grips of a deep fear, held hostage by a bloodthirsty creature of the night, a ghoulish demon who cloaked himself in darkness to commit a series of gruesome murders. He bound the couple's terrified 8-year-old son before dragging Somkid around the house to reveal the location of . Both stopped at a red light, Ramirez, his gun tucked in his waistband, got out of the Toyota and approached her window. He also forces her to "swear to Satan" that she isn't hiding money.. July 20, 1985: Chainarong Khovananth+, 32, Somkid Khovananth* (2) August 5, 1985: Christopher Peterson^, Virginia Peterson^ (2) August 8, 1985: Elyas Abowath+, 35, Sakina Abowath* (2) August 17, 1985: Barbra Pan*, Peter Pan+ (2) August 24, 1985: William Carns^, Inez Erickson* (2) (Raped/sexually assaulted*) (killed+) (attempted murder^) Entertainment Television, LLC A Division of NBCUniversal. When he saw his victims suffering hed turn around and sneer at them in childish delight. He murdered Chainarong Khovananth, by shooting the sleeping man in the head with a .25 caliber handgun. It was after that killing that the drifter from El Paso, Texas, took off for Los Angeles. When it was discovered that the ballistic and shoe print evidence from the Night Stalker crime scenes matched the Pan crime scene Dianne Feinstein, who was the mayor of San Francisco at the time, divulged the critical information in a televised press conference. Although Ramirez often appeared unbalanced in his court and television appearances, Detectives Salerno and Carrillo were surprised to find that the high school drop out was in fact articulate and well read. This time, he chose the home of 63-year-old Sophie Dickman. The sheriffs department recovered bullet casings from each of the murder scenes. He shot the sleeping Chainarong Khovananth in the head with a .25 caliber handgun, killing him instantly, then repeatedly raped Somkid Khovananth, beating and sodomizing her. He silently cruised up to a home in Burbank, cutting the engine and the lights as he approached. That same night,Sophie Dickman, 61, survived an attempted rape at gunpoint after swearing "on Satan" that her attacker had found all her valuables. On May 29, 1985, in Monrovia, Calif., he bludgeoned83-year-old Mabel Bell to death with a hammer and beat and raped her disabled 81-year-old sister, Florence Lang, who later died of her injuries. Marias roommate, 34-year-old Dayle Okazaki, had heard the gunshot and hidden behind a counter. Detective Salerno readily agreed to come watch the final moments of Ramirezs life when invited by the killer. Beberapa korban kemudian, pada 20 Juli 1985, Ramirez menembak dan membunuh Chainarong Khovananth, . She described him to a police sketch artist as tall, dark and Hispanic. Ramirez had appeals pending until the time of his death. What was even more peculiar was that he didnt always kill his victims. Neither did the Glendale police. His six-month killing spree was finally over. Infuriated by her boldness, Ramirez shot her three times before taking a butcher knife from the kitchen and mutilating her body with multiple stab wounds. Using a master key he began to first rob guests, then later to hide in some of the rooms and spy on female visitors, becoming aroused and fantasizing about overpowering them and having his way. Next he came upon Somkid Khovananth whom he raped repeatedly before tying up the couple's 8-year-old son and dragging Somkid around the house to reveal any valuable items. Cteva victime mai trziu, pe 20 iulie 1985, Ramirez a mpucat i a ucis Chainarong Khovananth, 32 de ani, n timp ce dormea, apoi a violat-o i i-a atacat soia, Somkid Khovananth i i-au legat fiul de 8 ani. He walked a few blocks to a convenience store in East Los Angeles to buy some candy. His first victim actually ended up being counted as his 14th, the April 10, 1984, rape and murder of 9-year-old Mei Leung in the basement of a seedy hotel in San Francisco's Tenderloin district not officially attributed to him until he was linked by DNA in 2009. He was the ultimate manifestation of absolute evil." Chainarong Khovananth was born on October 24, 1952 in Thailand. Surgeons were able to remove two of the bullets from his head, and he survived his injuries. Ramirez didnt give up. The question on everyones mind was who was this madman and when would he be stopped? The couple, who lived out of town, wanted to put the incident behind them and refused to return to El Paso. At the crime scene Ramirez used lipstick to scrawl a pentagram and the phrase Jack the Knife on the bedroom wall. He shot the sleeping Chainarong Khovananth in the head with a .25 caliber handgun, killing him instantly, [60] then repeatedly raped and beat Somkid Khovananth. All rights reserved. Around 4 a.m., he broke into the home of the Khovananth family. He had been to Mexico and brought her back a beautiful leather jacket. But though he pointed his gun in her direction, he just walkedback to his car and drove off into thenight, leavingtheAC/DCcap he had been wearing somewhere at the scene. Sometimes if they pleaded he would let them live, forcing them to pray to Satan before he left. Born 28 February 1960The Victims 28 June 1984: Jennie Vincow - raped and murdered 17 March 1985: Maria Hernandez - attempted murder 17 March 1985: Dayle Okasaki - murdered 17 March 1985: Tsai Lian Yu- murdered 27 March 1985: Vincent Zazzara - murdered 27 March 1985: Maxine Zazzara - murdered 14 April 1985: William Doi - murdered 14 . Two of the victims had described a bad smell coming from their attacker. When the couples 3-year-old son entered the bedroom, Ramirez tied the child up and then continued to rape Sakina. My mom said, 'They think maybe this is the same person.' Moving from Devil's Night dinner guest to recurring nightmare inAHS: 1984 was Richard Ramirez, playedin the latter season by Zach Villaas a reliably murderouspresenceat Camp Redwood, imbued with supernatural powers that made him unkillable. Ramirez had been following the media coverage of his crimes and knew the police were eager to catch him so hed headed to the Bay area but he couldnt stop his lust for blood. As investigators and survivors related the gory details of their encounters with the Night Stalker, Ramirez calmly leafed through bloody crime scene photos, relishing his devilish handiwork. Richard Ramirez died of complications from secondary to B-cell lymphoma at Marin General Hospital in Greenbrae, Calif. When he was 11, his older cousin, Miguel Mike Ramirez, a decorated U.S. Army Green Beret combat veteran he looked up to, began bonding with the impressionable Richie over weed and gory war stories. was for the detectives to consider. One night, he watched a woman get undressed and take a shower before overpowering and raping her. Shesaw the car strangely stopped and stared right at the man inside as she went past. The victim was Jennie Vincow, an elderly woman nearly 80 years old. He was dirty, cold, brooding, and often high on drugs. Kaiser said that Ramirez asked him to shoot him in the head. 101 votes, 10 comments. Okazaki eventually peered over the top of the counterand Ramirez shot her in the head. Yet despite his closeness to his doting mother and sister, Richard began to change as he approached adolescence, manifesting deviant sexual desires in part because of the abuse hed received at the hands of a teacher that regularly came to his house when his parents were away, molesting his brother under the guise of tutoring him. It appeared as though the person. Between June 28, 1984, when he nearly decapitated 79-year-old Jennie Vincow, who was asleep in her bed in her L.A. apartment when Ramirez crawled in through a window, and Aug. 24, 1985, when30-year-old Bill Carns survived being shot in the head as Ramirez beat and rapedCarns' girlfriend, Inez Erickson, Ramirez gleefullytaunted investigators and repeatedly evaded capture, all the while thinking the devil was on his side. "A man does not become a killer overnight," the elder detective advised. 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