richard was the youngest of five kids. milam: we went to school together. he was very smart. god-fearing person. and then he started doing bad things. hernandez: when we interviewed some people, people were saying that he was, like, a little petty thief. and he didn't have a very good reputation. hernandez: we found out through medical records that he had had many seizures in the sixth, seventh grade, and we had a doctor examine him. and they did some scans on his brain, and they found some abnormalities. there was something wrong with him. maybe he was epileptic, but he never got an official diagnosis. richard ramirez also had a very disturbed childhood. he had what can be considered now a very abusive father.