http://murderpedia.org/male.R/images/ramirez_richard/ramirez

RESOURCES

• https://www2.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2009/about/offense_definitions.html

• https://prolifickillers.wordpress.com/2010/05/02/profile-of-an-american-serial-killer-richard-ramirez/

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Ramirez

TRIAL

• This would be a first offense crime because of rape, murder, and theft.

• Ramirez claimed that he has been mistakenly identified and did everything possible to delay the onset of the trial, which saw him charged with 14 murders and 31 other felonies in connection to his killing spree.

• On September 20, 1989, the jury finally returned a unanimous guilty verdict on 43 charges, including 13 counts of murder, five counts of attempted murder, 11 sexual assault charges and 14 burglary charges.

• On November 7, 1989, Ramirez received 19 death sentences, to which he responded, "No big deal. Death always comes with the territory. I'll see you in Disneyland." He was then transferred to San Quentin Prison in California.

CRIMES

• Ramirez's first known murder took place on June 28, 1984; his victim was 79-year-old Jennie Vincow, who was viciously sexually assaulted, stabbed and murdered during a burglary in her own home.

• Ramirez's second known killing occurred nearly nine months after his first. On March 17, 1985, he attacked Maria Hernandez, who managed to escape him, and then killed her roommate, Dayle Okazaki.

• Just 10 days later, on March 27, Ramirez murdered 64-year-old Vincent Zazzara and Zazzara's 44-year-old wife, Maxine, using an attack style that would become a pattern for the killer: The husband was shot first, then the wife was brutally assaulted and stabbed to death.

• Ramirez's final—attack, on August 24, 1985, led to the identification of his stolen car by the victim four days later. After a televised appeal, the car was found, complete with his fingerprints inside, and his criminal record enabled the police to finally put a name to the "Night Stalker."

RICHARD RAMIREZ

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• Born in El Paso, Texas, on February 29, 1960, Richard Ramirez was an American serial killer who over a two-year rampage raped and tortured more than 25 victims and murdered more than a dozen—most of them in their own homes.

• Known as the "Night Stalker," Ramirez was turned on to Satanic worship at an early age by his cousin. Following a four-year trial, in 1989, Ramirez was convicted of 13 killings. He received the death penalty and was sent to San Quentin Prison in California. He died on June 7, 2013, at age 53.

RICHARD RAMERIEZ