A Monrovia fire inspector, Steven Mikity, went to the house on the morning of 29th May, to tell the residents to remove brush from their property (it is a fire hazard in hot locations). But Dr. Leung's records showed that Ramirez had been getting dental work done in Los Angeles on May 30, not in El Paso. Guilty of one count of murder, one count of . Florence Lang. Mikity drove past the property at 5pm and noticed that the kitchen door and garage were now open. Ramirez drives a stolen car to Monrovia, CA, and breaks into Mabel "Ma" Bell and Florence "Nettie" Lang's home. With Dayle Okazaki, he waited until he saw the fear in her eyes then he shot her. The same year, he moved in with his sister Ruth and her husband Roberto a peeping Tom who took Ramirez along on his sick nighttime escapades. Bell actively supported and contributed to the work of her husband, inventor Alexander Graham Bell. May 30, 1985: Carol Kyle, 41, of . As discussed in this post, the defence presented evidence that Richard was in El Paso at the time of the attack, but he was proven to have visited the dentist on 30th May. Florence was choked with a cord and raped. Nothing. As he dashed for the exit, Ramirez formulated a plan. The new Netflix documentary, Night Stalker, which launches on Wednesday, tells the story of the 1985 manhunt, which resulted in Ramirez being jailed for 13 murders, five attempted murders, 11 sexual assaults and 14 burglaries. *There is a strange epilogue to this case: Mabel Bells grandson said he visited his great aunt Florence just before he testified at trial. July 5, 1985----Whitney Bennett, 16, Sierra Madre. It was only when Detective Gil Carrillo linked the killings to a spate of child kidnappings that the LA police began to track Ramirez down. Therefore, the shoe evidence is inconclusive, and, as we state every time the shoes come up Richard was never proven to have worn such a shoe. Undaunted, lead detective Gil Carillo was certain he was on the trail of a serial killer. IN the dingy light of her garage, Maria Hernandez heard a bang on her car roof and turned to see the wild-eyed stare of a tall, dishevelled man pointing a gun at her face. Her throat was cut so deeply she was nearly decapitated. Therefore, he was still in the frame for this attack. The more sadistic, depraved, and violent his acts, the more his evil master would smile on him and protect him. Learn more about contributing; Richard became more withdrawn and began getting into trouble at school. Lecherous looks and flirtatious comments directed at female guests landed him in trouble with management. Other victims included a six-year-old snatched from school and assaulted and a nine-year-old boy snatched from his bed and raped. It was weak evidence. Perhaps it was identified as missing straight away: the Petition states that the grandson/great nephew had visited their home on 3rd June and found the instruction booklet for the cassette player and handed it to the police. The guest's husband soon arrived and severely beat Richard before calling the police. Those lucky enough to survive his attacks described a figure out of hell itself a slender phantom in black with rotting teeth who reeked of wet leather. Menu. There were slimy food packages and take-out stuff around. The date of this crime is unknown, occurring between 29th May and 1st June, the day they were discovered. Her captor raped her repeatedly before driving her to a local petrol station and letting her go. Ramirez tied and beat Zazzara's wife Maxine before shooting her three times and mutilating her body with a kitchen knife. Finally, a theory. Ramirez was now leaving his pentagram calling card at crime scenes and ordering victims to "swear on Satan" they weren't hiding valuables. I'm a rat control expert - here's why giant 'super rats' are taking over our homes and you're to blame, Girl, 11, died suddenly in school playground as grief-stricken parents pay tribute to 'bright and beautiful' daughter, We were paid 3k to attack Hollywood star Jussie Smollett but he threw us under the bus then all hell broke loose, US B-52s intercepted by Russian fighter jet as Putins Tu-95 nuclear bombers take to skies in chilling show of force. "Everyone makes him look so bad," one of Ramirez's admirers told San Francisco TV station KRON. May 29, 1985: Mabel "Ma" Bell, 83, and her disabled sister, Florence "Nettie" Lang, 81, were both bound and bludgeoned. His court case went on for over a year, and at a cost of $1.8million is was the most expensive trial in the history of California - until OJ Simpson's case in 1994. Four days later, the stolen car was found with fingerprints inside. So, for one last time Avias. Other victims included a six-year-old snatched from school and assaulted and a nine-year-old boy snatched from his bed and raped. Richard Ramirez's victims ranged widely in terms of their age, but they were mostly women or couples. A dutiful son, Jack lived on the second floor where he could tend to his mother's needs. According to crime writer Philip Carlo, Richard Ramirez bought a .22-caliber pistol off the street in March 1985. His slayings and rapes continued, sometimes ordering his helpless victims to "swear on Satan" they weren't hiding any more valuables from him. Under cover of night, he followed Hernandez into her garage. During Ramirez's sentencing in 1989, Virginia told the court: "Nights are the worst. He left behind a dark blue baseball cap emblazoned with the lightning bolt logo of his favorite band, AC/DC, at the scene of his attack on Maria Hernandez. Guilty of one count of murder, one count of attempted murder, one count of burglary. The petition states that Mikity returned two days later, making it 31st May. For the next five months, Ramirez would hunt at night in stolen cars, looking for homes to invade. Ramirez's most ardent admirer, journalist Doreen Lioy, received 75 love letters from the serial killer over a period of 11 years. He then raped her disabled sister Florence Lang, 81, and drew a lipstick pentagram. Mabel and her sister Florence Lang were assaulted on the evening of May 29, 1985. Four days later, the stolen car was found with fingerprints inside. Florence was choked with a cord and raped. May 29, 1985: Mabel Bell, 84, and her invalid sister, Florence Lang, 81, are beaten with a hammer in their Monrovia home. In his teens, Ramirez began taking LSD, developed an obsession with Satanism and embarked in a string of petty crimes. Yet, Ramirez's brand of Satanism was a far cry from LaVey's theatrical atheism. Mabel died on 15 th July; the coroner ruled that she had been attacked with a hammer. "He was the color green," an unnamed source told theNew York Post. March 17, 1985: Dayle Yoshie Okazaki, 34, was shot in the forehead. Unable to get a grip on the screen, Ramirez had removed his gloves. I say prayers a night and I list people. Though he's not discussed as often as other murderers, it would be fair to call Richard Ramirez, aka the Night Stalker, one of the most prolific serial killers of the last 50 years. When prosecutorPhilip Halpin completed his methodical presentation of the gruesome evidence, the jury convicted Ramirez of 13 counts of murder. Now a version of his evil character features in the new FX series of American Horror Story: 1984. He began to use the drug more regularly with his cousin Miguel Ramirez. He would, in most cases, commit his murders in the victims' homes and then steal their jewellery and valuables. Mabel Bell appears to have been sexually assaulted but not raped. After slashing the throat of Mary Louise Cannon, 75, on July 2, 1985 he broke into the bedroom of 16-year-old Whitney Bennett. June 28, 1984: 79-year-old Jennie Vincow was stabbed repeatedly while asleep in bed. Ramirez then raped Lang and drew a lipstick pentagram a five-pointed star associated with devil-worship on her thigh, as well as on the bedroom walls. He continued to mutilate their bodies. It's an incredible act of generosity towards a man who committed so much evil - and ruined so many lives. Searching for a house to rob, he settled on a shabby, pink apartment building. July 20, 1985: Ramirez shot and killed Maxson Kneiding, 68, and his wife Lela, 66, in their home.Later that day, he shot and killed Chainarong Khovananth, 32, then raped his wife and son. The three killings, along with witness accounts of a shooter with curly hair, bulging eyes and rotting teeth, led to Ramirez being referred to as "The Walk-in Killer" in the press. Moments later, the killer - known as the Night Stalker - walked into Marias apartment and shot her flatmate, Dayle Okazaki, between the eyes. His next victims were Bill and Lillian Doi. Aug. 6, 1985: Ramirez shot both Christopher Petersen, 38, and his wife, Virginia, 27, in the head. RICHARD Ramirez was dubbed the "Night Stalker" - a notorious serial killer from California. Gil Carrillo now knew the identity of their serial killer, and issued a mugshot to the press. (The table placed on Florence Langs chest). "You controlled who lived and who died you were God." Thanks to modern forensic science, the mystery of Mei Leung's death was solved at last and the longstanding narrative of the Night Stalker upended. His father, Julian Ramirez, a former police officer, was a stern man who had been physically abused by his father and grandfather and visited the same treatment on his four sons. On August 24, 1985, he fled a burglary scene after house owner James Romero raised the alarm - noting the registration number of the stolen car Ramirez was driving. Here, we look at who he was and the crimes he committed. Desperate for escape, he attempted to carjack Manuela Villanueva while she waited for her boyfriend, Carmello Robles, outside a bakery. "If you can picture Christ on the cross, that's the way she looked," former San Francisco police inspector Ronald Schneider told the New York Post in 2016. He didnt, he says. On the night of May 29, 1985, Ramirez drove a stolen Mercedes-Benz to Monrovia and stopped at the house of Mabel "Ma" Bell, 83, and her sister Florence "Nettie" Lang, 81.Finding a hammer in the kitchen, he bludgeoned and bound the invalid Lang in her bedroom, then bound and bludgeoned Bell before using an electrical cord to electrically shock the His target was the first floor apartment of 79-year-old widow Jennie Vincow. Ramirez's Satanic spree continued with Mabel Bell, 84, who he beat with a hammer before electrocuting her. June 1, 1985----Mable "Ma Bell" Bell, 83, and sister, Florence "Nettie" Lang, 80, Monrovia. Not many people believed that, because wed never encountered anybody like that in criminal history.. Mar. Mabel Bell. Mrs Zazzara's body was mutilated with several stab wounds and her eyes were gouged out. In a final touch of depravity, Ramirez gouged out her eyes, placed them in a jewelry box, and claimed them as a grotesque trophy. Ramirez sexually assaulted her after the killing. There was, however, hair on the hammer. Still, other DNA found at the crime scene points to the possibility that Ramirez had an accomplice. The small gun was perfect, Ramirez thought. Fleeing the scene in his stolen car, an emboldened Ramirez followed 30-year-old Tsai-Lian Yu onto North Alhambra Avenue. Aug. 8, 1985: Elyas Abowath, 35, is shot to death in his home. July 5, 1985: Whitney Bennett, 16, survived after being beaten with a wheel brace by Ramirez. Sentenced to die in California's gas chamber, Ramirez quipped, "Big deal. August 18, 1985: Peter and Barbara Pan were both killed and Barbara was raped. A man came back to his hotel room to find Ramirez attempting to rape his wife. Her throat was slashed so severely she was almost decapitated before being sexually assaulted. Fabric marks appeared elsewhere but they do not leave any definable print and are therefore inadmissible. He was never convicted of the child abductions and rapes. June 28, 1984: Jennie Vincow, 79, was stabbed repeatedly and her throat was slashed so severely she was almost decapitated. Richard Ramirez was born Ricardo Leyva Muoz Ramrez in El Paso, Texas, on Feb. 29, 1960. July 2, 1985----Mary Louise Cannon, 75, Arcadia. This time, he left a clear footprint in the earth outside the window. As of this writing, Lioy's whereabouts are unknown. Mabel Bells diary had been filled in for the 29th. They were found in a comatose state and Mabel died. At last, he slashed her throat with such ferocity that he nearly decapitated her. (LogOut/ The killer shot her in the side and back. In my opinion, we had a serial killer who was also responsible for kidnapping children - girls and boys - raping adult women, killing adult women, killing males, he says. Some were raped and in one gruesome case, Ramirez mutilated the body of a 44-year-old woman before cutting out her eyes. As recounted in The Night Stalker: The Life and Crimes of Richard Ramirez, by Philip Carlo, Julian was also prone to turn his rage on himself. Nevertheless, he was deemed responsible enough to be given a pass key after three months on the job. While the murders stacked up, Gils colleagues at the LAPD reported the latest in spate of child abductions. His first murder was Mei Leung, a nine year old who he beat and raped before stabbing her to death. Valenzuela went to the neighbours house to call the police. July 2, 1985: Mary Louise Cannon was stabbed repeatedly and died. He beat her with a metal wheel brace - leaving her with multiple skull fractures - but miraculously she survived. Texan-born Ramirez grew up with an abusive dad, prone to violent rages. It is believed that Ramirez was likely in the basement looking for valuables to steal when Mei Leung stumbled upon him. Many of Ramirez's victims were elderly. May 29 June 1, 1985: Mabel Bell, 84, and her invalid sister, Florence Lang, 81, are beaten with a hammer in their Monrovia home. July 20, 1985: Maxon and Lela Kneiding were attacked then shot. Also here, for a more detailed look at how they moulded Richard into the Night Stalker. She died on 15 July 1985 in Arcadia, California, USA. Richard was allegedly seen by his father and a family friend on 29th May. May 30, 1985: Carol Kyle, 41, raped by Ramirez. Soon, he started using LSD, mushrooms, and peyote and believed he was developing a personal rapport with Satan. Because Mabel did not die until 15th July, there was no way of knowing whether she had digested any banana. May 29, 1985: Mabel Bell, 84, and her invalid sister, Florence Lang, 81, are beaten with a hammer in their Monrovia home. And we are happy to never have to write about them again. May 14, 1985: Ramirez broke into the home of William and Lillie Doi. He played the role of a rockstar killer to the hilt, flashing Satanic symbols to the courtroom, staring down the prosecution and jury, and praising Satan. Fortunately for Ramirez, the police arrived to take him into custody. He was sitting up in his bed doing stretches.". Is it possible that another serial killer could have done this? Overwhelmingly, Ramirez's admirers were women. "I know that he's a nice person because I've met him". Both women were taken to hospital and sexual assault kits were collected. May 29, 1985: Mabel "Ma" Bell, 83, and her disabled sister, Florence "Nettie" Lang, 81, were both bound and bludgeoned. Why? On May 29, 1985, in Monrovia, Calif., he bludgeoned 83-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. Lillian's bedroom, handcuffed the disabled woman and raped her after which he searched the house for valuables. Death always went with the territory. Her hands had been tied behind her back with electrical cord and her ankles bound with electrical tape. DeAngelo apparently used to snack at the crime scene (the banana and the can of drink) and he would place objects on the victims so that he could hear them if they tried to move. He left Kyle and her son bound together with handcuffs in the house and went on to kill more. Head hairs were found on a stocking, bedsheets, the mattress pad and stuck to the electrical tape used to bind Mabels ankles together. With Tsai-Lian Yu, the suspect wanted a confrontation, wanted to see that fear. View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro . On April 10, 1984, 9-year-old Mei Leung and her little brother were playing in the apartment building where they lived in San Francisco's Tenderloin district. View our online Press Pack. Ramirez was just 13 when he watched as Miguel, in the middle of an argument with his wife Jessie, pulled out a revolver and fatally shot her in the face. Carol was raped. Ramirez then murdered 30-year-old Tsai 'Veronica' Lian Yu after pulling her out of her car. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). Bell was killed. In a chilling voiceover the killer declares: I was in alliance with the evil that is inherent in human nature. Because the defence utterly failed in this case, more so than others. The Church of Satan Headquarters was in California during this period, so Richard would not have been the only Satanist in town. He then carved a T in her breast and gouged out her eyes, taking them with him in a jewellery box. March 27, 1985: Vincent Charles Zazzara and Maxine Levenia Zazzara were both shot. She was driven across LA by a tall, thin man and smuggled into his "dark and dingy" house in a duffel bag. It was a sad sight to see. He also drew a pentagram on Lang and multiple other locations inside the home. Ramirez was now leaving his pentagram calling card at crime scenes and ordering victims to "swear on Satan" they weren't hiding valuables. For other inquiries Contact Us. With his favorite band's Highway to Hell album blaring over his headphones, he stole a car from a nearby gas station and followed 22-year-old Maria Hernandez to her Rosemead, Calif., home. He put it to immediate use by burglarizing rooms. He was sentenced to die in the gas chamber, but he said of his sentence: "Big deal. "He looked like a green highlighter pen. The children described their attacker as tall, with light brown skin, dishevelled hair, stained teeth and a pungent odour - matching a description given by Maria Hernandez. A reclusive child prone to epileptic seizures, Richard became close to his cousin Miguel Ramirez, a decorated Vietnam veteran. July 2, 1985: Ramirez kills Mary Louise Cannon, 75, by beating her and slashing her throat. She had been repeatedly stabbed and strangled. 81-year-old Florence 'Nettie' Lang, an invalid, and her sister, 84-year-old Mabel Bell were both brutally beaten with a hammer. Miguel's murder of his wife in front of 12 year-old Richard seemed to flick a switch inside the troubled youth. AFTER fatally shooting her husband in the head as he slept, Richard Ramirez forced Sakina Abowath to "swear on Satan" that she wouldn't scream as he raped her in her bedroom. The emergency room doctor, Michael Agron MD believed the injuries were two days old, when observing them on 1st June. Mar. "I'm lucky that the cops caught me," Ramirez later said. She had four to five-inch-long cuts down her ribs and a blistered burn mark below her right breast. Lucky to be alive, Hernandez slumped to the floor and played dead. 22-year-old Maria Hernandez was shot at but survived. And I end up with Ramirez.. Dayle raised her head to see where the murderer was, and Ramirez shot her in the forehead, killing her instantly. Though he had raped women and stolen before June 1984, the killing spree that led to him being caught took place in the greater Los Angeles area and San Francisco until August 1985. Texan-born Ramirez grew up with an abusive dad, prone to violent rages. May 30, 1985:Carol Kyle, 42, and her son were bound. June 28, 1984: Jennie Vincow, 79, was stabbed repeatedly and her throat was slashed so severely she was almost decapitated. His inexperienced attorneys, Arturo and Daniel Hernandez, delayed the trial for years with requests for postponement and pretrial motions. Dropping his eyes to a newspaper rack, he saw his own face staring back at him. She survived. Mabel died on 15th July; the coroner ruled that she had been attacked with a hammer. Clad in his customary black, he pulled down his dark blue AC/DC cap. However, multiple United States death records state that Florence died on 7th August 1985. An 83-year-old Burbank woman is sexually assaulted on May 30, 1985. "Her head was drooped and her chin down. Jury selection for what would be one of California's most expensive trials at last began in July 1988. As reported by USA Today, a report from the Marin County Coroner's office revealed that Ramirez was suffering from B-cell lymphoma, a deadly form of blood cancer. The little girl wandered off to the building's basement looking for a lost dollar. Mar. Ramirez's Satanic spree continued with Mabel Bell, 84, who he beat with a hammer before electrocuting her. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Maria Hernandez was saved from a brutal death by a bunch of keys, Richard Ramirez was a satanist who terrorised Los Angeles, Dayle Okazaki was shot between the eyes in the kitchen, Detective Gil Carrillo made a link between the child snatcher and the serial killer, Ramirez was a troubled teen who dabbled in drugs and Satanism, Mei Leung was raped and murdered before being hung from a pipe, The blood-soaked crime scene after Dayle was shot in the head, Vince Zazarra was shot and his wife raped and murdered, Lillian was put into thumbcuffs which left her bleeding profusely, Anastasia Hronner says her abuser met Ramirez's description, Evil Ramirez was suspected of being the child snatcher, The pentagon was scrawled on the wall of many of his victims, The bloody bed of Whitney Bennett, after he beat her with a metal wheel brace, Police tracked down the stolen car and found fingerprints, Ramirez showed the pentagon sign during his trial for mass murder, Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). Of course, Richard also went to the dentist the following day making him a very busy man indeed. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. Within days he killed again, this time by taking a hammer he found in the home of two sisters in their 80s, Mabel Bell and Florence Lang, who lived together. Family (1) Relatives Mabel Bell (sibling) See also. while raising his hand in the air, with a pentagram - an ancient symbol that's become associated with the occult - drawn on his palm. Wait paramedics on 31st May? Just 40 minutes later, motorist Tsai-Lian Yu, 30, was stopped, dragged from her car and shot in the chest. Other Works | Publicity Listings | Official Sites. He attacks Lang with a hammer, binds her in the bedroom, and then binds . He didnt, he says. Both victims survived. he would choose homes next to the wilderness, so he could make a quick getaway. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. This was unusual, as he went past the house every day and had never seen the garage open. Beaten away by Robles and barber Arthur Benevedes, Ramirez fled on foot, bounding over fences and running through backyards. Pubic hairs were found in the bedroom and, based on microscopic characteristics, were found to be dissimilar to Richards. With Dayle Okazaki, he waited until he saw the fear in her eyes then he shot her. Her captor raped her repeatedly before driving her to a local petrol station and letting her go. Most critically, he left behind 15 battered survivors who could provide an accurate, physical description of the killer who made them "swear to Satan.". July 20, 1985: Ramirez shot and killed Maxson Kneiding, 68, and his wife Lela, 66, in their home.Later that day, he shot and killed Chainarong Khovananth, 32, then raped his wife and son. Unable to locate a knife, he bludgeoned both women with a hammer and electrocuted Bell with a frayed electrical cord. There were slimy food packages and take-out stuff around. July 2, 1985: Ramirez kills Mary Louise Cannon, 75, by beating her and slashing her throat. Some were raped and in one gruesome case, Ramirez mutilated the body of a 44-year-old woman before cutting out her eyes. Now the trunk was closed. They were found in a comatose state and Mabel died. He tied them both up then bloodily beat them before using an electric chord to shock Mabel. Physical Evidence Rape kit taken A hammer on the dressing table covered in blood Electrical tape on the victims She miraculously survived the attack after the bullet bounced off her keys. 17, 1985: On March 17, 1985, Ramrez shot 20-year old Mara Hernndez before shooting Dayle Okazaki, age 34, dead. Patiently waiting for her to move from her hiding place below a kitchen counter, Ramirez killed her with a single shot to the head. Bystanders intervened and chased him away, then he attempted to carjack twice more. Sakina's three-year-old son came to the room after hearing the terrible noise Ramirez tied him up and went back to raping his mother. When silence fell, she cautiously raised her head - only to see Ramirez pointing a gun in her face before pulling the trigger. Nine months later, in March 1985, he shot 22-year-old Maria Hernandez in the face with a handgun as she was pulling into her garage in Rosemead, California. May 29 June 1, 1985: Mabel Bell, 84, and her invalid sister, Florence Lang, 81, are beaten with a hammer in their Monrovia home. Although the gun had little in the way of stopping power at a distance, a point blank shot to the head was a guaranteed kill. Just six days after his last sickening crime, a group of people caught Ramirez in the middle of an attempted carjacking in LA. On September 20, 1989, Ramirez was found guilty of all charges and sentenced to death. Bystanders intervened and chased him away, then he attempted to carjack twice more. Lying comatose for two days before being found, Lang survived in a vegetative state, but Bell soon succumbed to her injuries. In 1973, 12-year-old Richard watched his cousin murder his wife with a .38-caliber pistol. August 6, 1985: Christopher and Virginia Peterson were shot but survived. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. IN the dingy light of her garage, Maria Hernandez heard a bang on her car roof and turned to see the wild-eyed stare of a tall, dishevelled man pointing a gun at her face.

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