Chainarong Khovananth – The 32-year-old was shot and killed while asleep in his home in Sun Valley in 20 July, 1985. Bobic, Chrissy (January 27, 2021). "The Night Stalker Detectives Are Still Renowned for Their Work in the Case". Distractify . Retrieved August 7, 2021. William Rainy, from the M.E.’s office, arrived, examined Dayle, officially pronounced her dead, and had her body removed for autopsy.

As he drove and watched people walking on the sidewalks of Main, Broadway, and Spring, sitting in their cars waiting for red lights, he thought about violent sex and domination. The right time and place were essential for successful murder. He’d later reveal: To be a good killer you have to plan things out carefully. You’ve got to be prepared in every way when the moment comes to strike; you cannot hesitate.In the following years, he would leave more of these pentagrams behind, and would also tell his victims to “swear to Satan” instead of God. The first half of the book is great, following the 13 murders and couple of near fatal rape-assaults of Richard Ramirez in LA in 1984-1985. Though some might find him a more dynamic or interesting serial killer because of his allegiance to Satan; I find him more boring and more of a coward than most psychopath serial killers. The author Carlo pushes his oxymoronic subtle sermons (views/themes) all too often and almost seems to make excuses for how Ramirez came about. Richard hit his head and had epileptic fits when he was a boy. The government tested atomic bombs in New Mexico and the fallout effected all their children, some physical, maybe some mental. Richard witnessed a murder at 12. His dad yelled at him and had rage. His brothers were a bad influence. In fact, the only avenue in which Carlo doesn't exploit is Ramirez possibly being possessed (because I'm sure he doesn't himself believe in Heaven or Hell), which is surprising because of all the sensational roots to a serial killer demonic possession has the most appeal. Also, it wouldn't be far fetched because Richard believed Satan would protect him, drew pentagrams at some of the scenes of the crime, and made the victims he raped and murdered continuously swear to Satan as opposed to God. put on the siren and spinning red light, and hit the gas hard, arriving at the condominium in two minutes. On April 10, 1984, Ramirez murdered Mei Leung, a nine-year-old Chinese-American girl, in the basement of his apartment building in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco. Leung was with her eight-year-old brother and looking for a lost one-dollar bill when Ramirez approached the girl and told her to follow him into the basement to find it. Once they were in the basement, Ramirez beat, strangled and raped Leung before stabbing her to death with a switchblade, hanging her partially nude body from a pipe by her blouse. [28] Carrillo was standing in the vestibule near the front door. All the lights in the house were on, and the tech people had brought in spotlights. A few neighbors still lingered at the taped barrier and talked about how dangerous the world had become, and what a nice woman Dayle Okazaki had been.

He kept coming. When the gun was two feet from her face, the garage door finished closing and the light automatically went out, putting them in sudden darkness. At that instant he fired, but Maria had raised her right hand in defense and the bullet was miraculously deflected by the keys. Later that day, Ballistics reported the rounds removed from Dayle Okazaki and Veronica Yu had more than likely been fired from the same gun, but the one extracted from Dayle had been too damaged for them to make an absolute ID. Gil Carrillo now sought the advice of Sgt. Frank Salerno. Woodham, Lucy (January 2021). "How did the police catch the Night Stalker? The evidence that finally led to his arrest". The Tab . Retrieved February 21, 2021. Feldman, Paul (May 9, 1986). " 'Enjoyed Killing People,' Ramirez Allegedly Said". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved August 1, 2022. Accused Night Stalker Richard Ramirez boasted to a jailer that he was a "super-criminal" who killed 20 people in California and enjoyed watching them die, according to newly unsealed testimony from Ramirez's preliminary hearing.Following a trial that began in 1988, he was convicted of 13 counts of murder, five counts of attempted murder, 11 counts of sexual assault and 14 counts of burglary. Fimrite, Peter; Taylor, Michael (March 27, 2005). "No shortage of women who dream of snaring a husband on Death Row". San Francisco Chronicle. San Francisco, California: Hearst Corporation. Archived from the original on July 10, 2013 . Retrieved May 22, 2012. Ricardo " Richard" Leyva Muñoz Ramirez ( / r ə ˈ m ɪər ɛ z/; February 29, 1960 – June 7, 2013), dubbed the Night Stalker, the Walk-In Killer and the Valley Intruder, was an American serial killer and sex offender whose crime spree took place in California from June 1984 until his capture in August 1985. He was convicted and sentenced to death in 1989, and died while awaiting execution in 2013.

He was eventually captured in August 1985 after his picture was widely published by the press. Ramirez was finally caught in August 1985 (Photo: Netflix) Communication lags between the various law enforcement jurisdictions within Los Angeles County often made the already difficult job of hardworking investigators even more difficult. To be telling a law enforcement-based story, it becomes an interesting question,” he said. “At the same time, we’re telling a story of something that is 35 years old, and is very specific to that. So I think it’s important to understand the lens through which to view the story. 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. During a court appearance, he held up the pentagram and after pleading not guilty, he said, “Hail Satan.” 6. Almost ApprehendedAs a result of arrests he’d made, Salerno began to meet with the detectives frequently. They handled all the real crimes, and dealing with them made him want to be one so badly he could taste it.

No. None. She never saw him before. He was just suddenly there—in the garage, walking right toward her. a b Freed, David (September 5, 1985). "Night Stalker Suspect Tied to '84 Killing: Fingerprint on Screen Where Glassell Park Woman, 79, Was Slain". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. Archived from the original on October 3, 2019 . Retrieved September 22, 2018. The Lifetime network aired a fictionalized account of Ramirez’s crimes in 2016 with the made-for-TV film The Night Stalker. The film stars Bellamy Young as an attorney who travels to San Quentin to speak with the serial killer in an attempt to clear a death row inmate in Texas. Lou Diamond Phillips played Ramirez. But he knew the cocaine made him make mistakes, made him paranoid; and in what he was doing, there was no room for mistakes. Faced with the sure reality of a death sentence, he swore off the drug. He smoked pot and drank once in a while, and that was it.Before any Los Angeles sheriffs deputy was allowed to work a beat, he had to put in at least a year as a guard at the L.A. County Jail. The experience the deputies received at the jail gave them insights into human nature and the criminal mentality which made them better cops. Vives, Ruben (October 23, 2009). "DNA links 'Night Stalker' to girl's 1984 slaying, S.F. Police Say". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. Archived from the original on October 3, 2019 . Retrieved October 3, 2019. Earlier that evening Dayle, fourteen days away from her thirty-fifth birthday, had been visiting her mom and dad, watching television and talking. She was very pleased at her recent promotion to traffic supervisor with Los Angeles County. Dayle was one of three children from a close, supportive, loving family. She had attended Pasadena City College. An avid skier, she was also taking classes in cake decorating, flower arranging, computer programming, and self-defense. Dayle was a highly motivated woman who loved life and made the most of it. She had saved hard to buy the condominium she now shared with Maria. Sweating, he began to cruise downtown, driving up and down its foul, sweltering streets—thinking about a hooker, a specific kind of sex. But he had to have money for that. When Ramirez was finally apprehended, he called Salerno “Mr. Salerno” as a sign of respect, but he also looked up to The Hillside Strangler — a serial killer Salerno had previously apprehended. “He was a student,” Salerno said in the documentary.