Biography
In the mid-1980s, Richard Ramirez was played in California - the serial killer on nicknamed night stalker. His account has more than 40 cruel crimes, including murder, rape and theft. The court sentenced Ramires to the death penalty in the gas chamber, but the maniac promised 23 years in prison, and the cause of his death was natural.Childhood and youth
Ricardo Leva Munoz Ramirez, the youngest of 5 children Julian and Mercedes Ramirez, was born on February 29, 1960 in El Paso, Texas. Exotic name The boy received from the Father, a native of Mexico. Psychologists argue that the reasons for pushing maniacs on cold-blooded and sophisticated crimes should be sought in childhood. The night stalker has plenty of them.
Father Ramirez was inclined to the attacks of anger, which regularly led to physical violence. It was not only his wife, but also to children. From heavy fists, the boy ran on the cemetery, often slept on the graves.
At the age of 12, the young man became close to the senior cousin Mighel, a veteran of the US Army. He loved to boast the terrible "exploits", perfect during the War in Vietnam, often showed Richard photos of mutual victims (including raped women). Miguel taught the young brother smoking marijuana.
On May 4, 1973, during the household quarrel, Miguel killed his spouse Jessie a shot in his face. The 13-year-old Ramirez did not just witness a crime - the blood drops of the victim fell on his face. After that case, the young man became closed, stopped communicating with his family and friends.
Richard left home and slept on the street until he was sheltered the older sister Ruth. Her husband Roberto, an honored drug addict, added a boy to LSD and told about Satanism - the occult worldview, the follower of which Ramirez called himself until the last days of life
Over time, the growing organism of Ramirez demanded female heat. Often, his sexual desire was accompanied by the compulsory binding of the partner and rape. Another student Richard got at Holiday Inn. Crash the career was the case when one of the guests found Ramirez in an attempt to rape his wife. Criminal accusations were removed because the spouses living outside Texas refused to come to the date of testimony.
Ramires threw Jefferson High School, without having completed 6 weeks until the end of the 9th grade, and went to the streets. The young man started like a pickpocket, but gradually "Doros" to the robberies of houses.
On December 7, 1977, Richard was first detained for storing marijuana, but it did not reach the court. This is followed by another 2 arrest, in 1979 and 1982, and only the latter led to a 50-day term. Freedom, Ramirez moved to Los Angeles, California. By that time, the criminal has already taken heavy drugs, and the funds for their purchase mined thefts.
Crime
Richard Ramirez's first murder committed on April 10, 1984. The victim was 9-year-old MEY LUNG. The maniac raped and beat the girl before coating her and hang on the pipe in the basement of the hotel, where overnight. Initially, the police did not associate Ramirez with this murder. They compared DNA found at the crime scene, with samples of the night stalker only in 2009.On June 28, 1984, a slapped 79-year-old Jenny Vinkov was found. The maniac cut his throat so deeply that he barely separated his head from the body.
On March 17, 1985, the killer committed several crimes at once. At first he fired at the 22-year-old Maria Hernandez, when she came out of a car near her house in Los Angeles. The bullet miraculously pleased the keys that the girl raised in front of him to defend. The shot heard the neighbor Mary, 34-year-old Dale Okazaki. She hid behind the kitchen service, when Ramirez entered the apartment, but later received a bullet in his forehead.
An hour after these events, Ramirez was shot by 30-year-old Tsay-Lian Y. The death of the girl was already in the hospital.
Murders and attempts were widely covered in the press. The main on pages of newspapers was the history of Mary Hernandez. She gave such a description of the attacker: curly hair, scolded eyes, widely placed rotten teeth, height 185 cm, weight of about 60 kg. The psychological portrait of the killer completed journalists, nicknamed him with an uninvited killer and night stalker.
On March 27, Ramirez broke into the house, which robbed a year earlier. He killed the sleeping 64-year-old Vincent Zazar to the head shot. The spouse of the victim, 44-year-old Maxin woke up from the noise. Richard beat her and tied. The only thing that was interested in - jewelry. While Ramirez searched the room, Maxin was freed and pulled a shotgun from under the bed, which was not charged. The enraged killer shot a woman three times, and then dismissed the body with a knife.
The bullets found at the crime scene coincided with those found in bodies of other victims. From now on, the police were looking for a serial maniac.
On May 29, the criminal broke into the house of 83-year-old Mail Bell and her 81-year-old sisters Florence Lang. Richard raped one of the old women. On the inside of her hips, as well as on the walls of both bedrooms, a maniac painted a pentagram. After 2 days, women were found alive, but in a state of coma. Mable Bella later died of injuries.
On July 5, Ramirez tried to kill 16-year-old Whitney Bennet - strangle the telephone cord. The sparks began to come from the wire, and the offender decided that Jesus Christ stood for Bennet. The victim "was separated" with a brutal beatings, which demanded an overlay of 478 seams. As if the opposition to Christ, Ramirez now forced the victims of "Satan" victims. Those who refused torture torture and beating.
The killer followed the coverage of his acts in the press, so in August 1985 left Los Angeles and headed for San Francisco. The first victims were 66-year-old Peter and 62-year-old Barbara Pan. Both were killed. On the walls of the apartment Ramirez left Pentagram.
On August 26, the Night Stalker returned to Los Angeles on the stolen Orange Toyota. His steps at the family of the family Romero heard a 13-year-old James boy who woke up his parents and moved the killer. The young man managed to see the brand, color and state number of the car. He believed that he moved the robber.
Failure to fail, on the same night Ramirez burst into the house of Bill Karns and Ines Erickson. The killer shot a 30-year-old man in the head, and a 29-year-old girl raped. Both survived.
Erickson remembered the maniac well, and these evils together with the venue of the car allowed on August 28 to find "Toyota". Ramirez tried to wipe fingerprints from her, but still the police identified the criminal. The personal case of 25-year-old Ramirez at that time was swollen from arrests for trafficking in persons and drug trafficking. Police unveiled photos of Ramirez in all media. During the official interview, the police turned to the night stalker:
"We know who you are, and soon know everything. There will be no place for the world where you can hide. "Arrest and conclusion
On August 30, 1985, Ramirez went to Tucson, Arizona to visit his brother. He did not even suspect that he became the main hero of all major newspapers and news programs in California.
Richard returned to Los Angeles early in the morning of August 31. He unhindered passed by the police who guarded the bus station. The newspaper with his image night stalker was already in the store. He fled in a panic, and he chased an angry crowd of people. In the end, Ramirez surrendered. It was beaten until the police arrived at the place.
On the first speech in Court, Ramirez demonstrated a Tatu court on his hand - the Pentagram explained that he killed "in the glory of Satan."
On September 20, 1989, the Night Stalker was recognized as guilty of all crimes: 13 murders, 5 murder attempts, 11 rapes and 14 thefts with hacking. On November 7, the sentence was voiced - the death penalty in the gas chamber. The punishment would cost $ 1.8 million (as of 2018 - $ 3.64 million), so Richard Ramirez was planted to the death branches.
Personal life
In the youth, Ramirez did not associate itself with relations with women - she climbed her personal life, it was worth a criminal to be in prison.Night Stalker was considered a monstrous killer, but fans of his talent were found. Especially persistent was Dorin Laoy. She suffered from hybristophile - with an involvement of criminals. The girl sent her beloved 75 letters.
In 1988, Richard made Dorin proposal, and on 3 October 1996 they got married in San Quentin prison. The pair broke down long before the death of a man.
Death
Richard Ramirez died on June 7, 2013 due to liver failure. After the opening, it turned out that he also suffered from toxicizing and hepatitis C.
Ramirez was 53 years old, he promoted in the death row chamber for 23 years. According to some estimates, the night stalker would be deep for 70 years, when he was executed. This is due to the long process of appealing the court decision in California.
It was assumed that Richard Ramirez would become a prototype of the 5th season of the American Horror History: hotels. However, so far the only movie film that has found the story is the documentary "Serial Killers" (1994). It is possible that one day the biography of the night stalker will be interested in eminent directors, for example, Quentin Tarantino, who removed the film about Charles Manson.
Victims
- April 10, 1984 - MEY LUNG
- June 28, 1984 - Jenny Vinkov
- March 17, 1985 - Dale Obadzaki, Tsai Lian
- March 27, 1985 - Vincent and Maxin Zazzar
- May 14, 1985 - Billy and Lillian Doi
- May 31, 1985 - Mable Bella
- July 2, 1985 - Mary Luis Cannon
- July 7, 1985 - Joyce Lucil Nelson
- July 20, 1985 - Leila and Makson Kneyding, Charonong Khovinant
- August 6, 1985 - Virginia and Chris Peterson
- August 8, 1985 - Elas Abowat
- August 18, 1985 - Peter and Barbara Pan