Earlier on in his killing spree, there were a series of young children being taken from their beds, assaulted, and then abandoned. Unfortunately, Ramirez didn’t spare children. However, reporters were convinced to withhold that information from the public.īut… one political figure would make a damming mistake later on. This was problematic for investigators because that would mean the killer could just change his shoe, and the lead would go cold. Somehow, reporters heard about the shoe print lead and threatened to print it. However, that lead would cause some issues down the line. “He could’ve left us a signed signature,” Salerno says. Five went to Arizona, and one was sold in Los Angeles. Heading straight to the manufacturer, they looked through spreadsheets where the shoes were distributed in the United States, and only size 11.5 black shoes (the ones he was wearing) were manufactured. In the process of finding the shoe to match it, investigators found out it was an Avia-brand shoe, an uncommon one at the time. One of the only trails investigators had was a shoe print he left in a flower bed in one of his earlier murders. When he continued his killing spree in San Francisco, Bay Area police said in the docuseries that he killed an accountant named Peter Pan and raped his wife Barbara, ate everything in the fridge, threw up on the kitchen floor and masturbated on the living room floor - and then wrote a satanic symbol on the wall.Īlso Read: 'American Horror Story: 1984' Star Zach Villa on What the Night Stalker Wants With Brooke (Video) 3. That’s a pretty sick individual.” Indeed, he would help himself to food and drinks in the kitchen after his crime. In the docuseries, detective Frank Salerno says, “he got comfortable after killing someone - he would take the time to have a snack. Another victim, Florence “Nettie” Lang, 81, was beaten to death with a hammer. Investigators identified him as an “enraged killer” because of how viciously his victims had been killed: in one case, the victim, Patty Higgins, was slashed and stabbed in the throat. In Whittier, he cut out Maxine Zazzara’s eyes and took them with him. In the early days of his crimes, he knocked on the car hood of Maria Hernandez so she would see him before the attack, and he yanked Tsai-Lian “Veronica” Yu out of her car as opposed to shooting her through the window. He had a pattern - he killed the man in the house, and sexually assaulted a woman, and always made sure he could see the fear in his victim’s eyes. You probably know how vicious his crimes were - but the true-crime series delves deeply into how bloody and gory they really were. (Note: What you are about to read might be disturbing and upsetting.) 1. See below for 10 of the most shocking facts presented in the docuseries, available on Netflix now. He was sentenced to death - but in 2013, he died of cancer in prison, after serving 23 years on death row. On September 20, 1989, he was convicted of all charges: 13 counts of murder, five attempted murders, 11 sexual assaults and 14 burglaries, although he’s assumed to have committed many more crimes. He used a wide variety of weapons and would leave behind satanic symbols.Īfter finding prints on a stolen car and releasing a mugshot to the public, Ramirez was apprehended after he was subdued by a group of residents and was beaten before cops could step in.Īlso Read: 'Night Stalker': How Dianne Feinstein Jeopardized the Search for Serial Killer Richard Ramirez Ramirez, first known as the “walk-in killer,” invaded homes, murdering and sexually assaulting the residents, from June 1984 to August 1985. Now, Netflix’s docuseries “Night Stalker: Searching for a Serial Killer” delves into how investigators finally apprehended the killer, after he managed to evade law enforcement for a year. Richard Ramirez, known as The Night Stalker, is one of the most prolific and vicious serial killers to have terrorized the streets of Los Angeles in the ’80s. (SPOILER ALERT: Do not read on if you don’t want to know what happens in “Night Stalker: Searching for a Serial Killer”.)
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