NIGHT STALKER

Victimology

Biography: Ricardo Leyva a.k.a. Richard Ramirez was born in El Paso, Texas, on February 28, 1960, to Julian and Mercedes Ramirez. Richard was the youngest child of six. He suffered from epilepsy. Julian Ramirez described his son as being "a good boy," until his involvement with drugs. Richard admired his father, but when he was 12 years old, he became fascinated with his cousin Mike, a Vietnam veteran and ex-Green Beret. Mike would tell Richard detailed stories and show him pictures of rape and torture. Richard became fascinated with pain and torture. The two of them spent a lot of time together, smoking pot and talking about the war. One day Mike's wife was complaining about his laziness. Mike grabbed his gun and shot her in the face, in front of Richard. Because of Mike's war record, he was sentenced to seven years for the killing. By the age of 18, Richard was heavily addicted to drugs. He also became involved in Satan worshipping. Already arrested on several drug and theft charges, Ramirez decided to move to southern California. There he started breaking and entering into homes. He became very good at it and began to linger in the homes of his victims.

Victims:

Victim # 1 On June 28, 1984, Ramirez entered through an opened window of a Glassel Park resident, Jennie Vincow, age 79. He became angry after not finding anything of valuable to steal, and began stabbing Jennie Vincow while she was sleeping and eventually slitting her throat. The act of killing aroused him sexually, and he had sex with the corpse before leaving. Victims # 2,3 On March 17, 1985, Ramirez jumped 22-year-old Angela Barrio outside her condo. He shot her, kicked her out of the way, and headed into her condo. Inside, was roommate, Dayle Okazaki, age 34, who Ramirez immediately shot and killed. Barrio remained alive out of pure luck. The bullet had ricocheted off the keys she held in her hands, as she lifted them to protect herself.
Victim # 4 About an hour later Ramirez jumped 30-year-old Tsai-Lian Yu and pulled her out of her car onto the road. He shot several bullets into her and fled. A policeman found her still breathing, but she died before the ambulance arrived.
Victim # 5 Ramirez murdered an eight-year-old girl from Eagle Rock, just three days after killing Tsai-Lian Yu.
Victims # 6,7 On March 27, Ramirez shot Vincent Zazarra, age 64, and his wife Maxine, age 44. Mrs. Zazzara's body was mutilated with several stab wounds, a T-carving on her left breast, and her eyes were gouged out.
Victims # 8,9
Two months after killing the Zazzara couple, Ramirez attacked again. Harold Wu, age 66, was shot in the head, and his wife, Jean Wu, age 63, was punched, bound, and then violently raped. For unknown reasons, Ramirez decided to let her live.
Victims # 10,11 On May 29, 1985, Ramirez attacked Malvial Keller, 83, and her invalid sister, Blanche Wolfe, 80, beating each with a hammer. Ramirez attempted to rape Keller, but failed. Using lipstick, he drew a pentagram on Keller's thigh and on the wall in the bedroom. Blanche survived the attack.
Victims # 12,13 On May 30, Ramirez attacked Ruth Wilson, 41, was bound, raped, and sodomized by Ramirez, while her 12-year old son was locked in a closet. Ramirez slashed Wilson once, and then bound her and her son together, and left.
Victim # 14-27 June 27 - Ramirez raped a 6-year-old girl in Acadia. June 28 - Patty Higgins, age 32, was beaten and her throat slit. July 2 - Mary Cannon, age 75, was beaten and her throat slit.
July 5 - Deidre Palmer, age 16, survived being beaten with a tire iron.
July 7 - Joyce Lucille Nelson, 61, was bludgeoned to death.
July 7 - Linda Fortuna, 63, was attacked and Ramirez tried to rape her, but failed.
July 20 - Maxson Kneiling, 66, and his wife Lela, also 66, were shot and their corpses, mutilated.
July 20, Chitat Assawahem, 31, was shot and his wife Sakima, 29, was beaten then forced to perform oral sex. Ramirez then collected $30,000 in valuables, but before leaving, he sodomized the couple's eight-year-old son.
August 6 - Ramirez shot both Christopher Petersen, 38, and his wife, Virginia, 27, in the head. Both somehow survived.
August 8 - Ramirez shot Ahmed Zia, 35, and raped and sodomized his wife, Suu Kyi, 28, and forced her to perform oral sex on him.
Victim # 28 On Aug. 24, 1985, Ramirez traveled 50 miles south of Los Angeles, and broke into the home of Bill Carns, 29, and his fiancée, Inez Erickson, 27. Ramirez shot Carns in the head and raped Erickson. He demanded she swear her love for Satan and afterwards, forced her to perform oral sex on him. He then tied her and left. Erickson struggled to the window and saw the car Ramirez was driving.
Conclusion
As of today Richard is still in prison on death row awaiting his execution.

Reference List 1. community.fearnet.com/richardramirez 2. uaddit.com/discussions/ showthread.php?t=5627 3. www.gossipcraze.com/gossip/richard- ramirez 4. crime.about.com/od/serial/p/ nightstaker.htm