And he started doing bad things. He was doing something very wrong. My belief you live by the sword, you die by the sword, and thats just the way it is. Welcome to very scary people. Im donnie wahlberg. The media called it a rampage. There was a Serial Killer on the loose in california, random attacks throughout the spring and summer of 1985. No one felt safe. Police described his actions as savage. He broke into peoples homes, stole anything of value, then raped, beat, and murdered those he found inside. He had been linked to at least 15 murders, from children to the elderly, male and female, wealthy and poor. Now investigators had a promising lead, one that would finally end the Night Stalkers reign of terror. Heres part two of the Night Stalker i will be avenged. Reporter the victim her throat had been slashed. He found her horribly mutilated and murdered. Reporter it appears the suspect got in through an open window. He stole a lot of jewelry and graduated to these horrible crimes
Welcome to very scary people. Im donnie wahlberg. Some Crime Experts call the 1980s the decade of the Serial Killer. According to at least one study, there were about 200 of these murderers on the loose during that time. But one man stood out. His crimes were random and vicious. His victims ranged from toddlers to the elderly. The citizens of los angeles were paralyzed with fear while police struggled to stop him. His name was richard ramirez, and he was the night stalker. Man it happened in this Apartment Building in a groundfloor unit. Yochelson Jennie Vincow was a 79yearold lady living alone in an apartment in northwest los angeles. Jordan she had just turned off the light in her apartment, and because it was the peak of summer, she left the window open. Jennie vincows asleep in her bed, very vulnerable. Jordan while she slept, a shadow appeared at the window, and it was the outline of a man. And then he opened the window further and crept inside. He was looking for items to steal.
the night stalker travels back down south to orange county. carns: that was one of the hottest summers on record. i opened windows in my backyard so we could get a cool breeze off the ocean. man: the night stalker probably entered the home of his latest victims by prying a screen off an open window. 29-year-old bill carns was shot in the head. the gunshots woke carns girlfriend, who was raped and left tied up. she was raped but survived. carns: then i woke up in the hospital the next day and was aghast at what happened. i could not walk, and i had difficulty talking. i thought, what happened? and no one would tell me. they said, just wait for a couple days. the hospital psychologist will be coming in. at that point, you can find out what happened. yochelson: but what was different about this incident