Richard Ramirez: The Night Stalker
Richard Ramirez, known as "The Night Stalker", was a convicted serial killer back in the 1980's. He was born on February 29th, 1960 in El Paso, Texas. His father was a policeman and was often very abusive towards Ramirez. Ramirez was also prone to epileptic seizures due to two massive head injuries that happened when he was young. He went to school until he turned 18 when he dropped out and moved to California. Ramirez was mostly influenced by his cousin Mike to become a serial killer. Mike would always talk to Ramirez about his time in the war about the people he would torture. He would show him gory pictures of his victims, which Ramirez enjoyed. Ramirez was also present the night that his cousin Mike decided to kill his wife. He was there and had witnessed everything.
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He had attacked a 22 year old woman named Maria Hernandez and shot her in front of her home. He then continued to go inside her home and found another woman inside. He had also shot and killed her. After an hour after these two murders, he had gone to a nearby park and attacked another woman. He pulled her out of her car into the middle of the road and shot her. After he shot her he left and fled the scene. When he left, the woman was still alive and breathing, but when an ambulance had finally arrived, she was already dead. These two separate incidents had gained a lot of attention in the media and had called Ramirez "The Walk-in Killer" and "The Valley Intruder". 10 days later on March 27th, Ramirez shot and killed a wife and her husband. Mr. and Mrs. Zazzara were killed by Ramirez in their home and had their eyes gouged out afterwards. The only evidence the police had were footprints that Ramirez had left in their front lawn garden. The couple were later found by their son Peter that same night when he returned
He had attacked a 22 year old woman named Maria Hernandez and shot her in front of her home. He then continued to go inside her home and found another woman inside. He had also shot and killed her. After an hour after these two murders, he had gone to a nearby park and attacked another woman. He pulled her out of her car into the middle of the road and shot her. After he shot her he left and fled the scene. When he left, the woman was still alive and breathing, but when an ambulance had finally arrived, she was already dead. These two separate incidents had gained a lot of attention in the media and had called Ramirez "The Walk-in Killer" and "The Valley Intruder". 10 days later on March 27th, Ramirez shot and killed a wife and her husband. Mr. and Mrs. Zazzara were killed by Ramirez in their home and had their eyes gouged out afterwards. The only evidence the police had were footprints that Ramirez had left in their front lawn garden. The couple were later found by their son Peter that same night when he returned