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
man: case number a771272, richard ramirez. ramirez s father took the stand and tried to alibi him. hancock: julian ramirez had testified that richard was at a family gathering in el paso at the same time that were several attacks in los angeles. which would eliminate him as a suspect because if ramirez didn t commit these, he didn t commit the others either. the prosecution brought me in as a rebuttal witness to the father s testimony. i interviewed julian ramirez in 1985. he said to me, i have not seen him for two or three years. yochelson: ramirez periodically acted up between trial or acted out. [ speaking indistinctly ] parasites. yochelson: he came to court wearing sunglasses. judge tynan ordered him to take off the sunglasses, and he said, no, in a very loud voice.
marabel ramos had been left alone in that dusty canyon since before anyone knew she was missing. now ramirez knew it was time for one last meeting with kc joy. thanks for coming down voluntarily. i appreciate it. you re going to give me ride back to the library, then i don t have to walk. ramirez didn t tell k.c. that marabel had been found. he just tried for the final time to get k.c. to be the one who would say what had happened. k.c., i think you have the answers in your heart. that you do and you should share them. once again, k.c. joy walked out of the interview room. he didn t get far. this time he was arrested and charged with the murder of marabel ramos. the woman he loved who had not loved him. when he was taken into custody, he was wearing marabel s dog tags. k.c. joy pleaded not guilty and
coming up no one had searched there. no. but he s looking at it. yes. he knew a lot more than he was telling us. when dateline continues. didn t see that on the website. he s been acting more and more like his dad. come on, guys! jump in! the water s fine! tom pritchard. how we doin ? hi, there. tom pritchard. can we get a round of jalapeño poppers for me and the boys, please? i ve been saving a lot of money with progressive lately, so. progressive can t protect you from becoming your parents. but we can protect your home and auto when you bundle with us. but when i started seeing things, i didn t know what was happening. so i kept it in. he started believing things that weren t true. i knew something was wrong. but i didn t say a word. during the course of their disease around 50% of people with parkinson s may experience hallucinations or delusions. but now, doctors are prescribing nuplazid.
i m just calling to let you guys know if something happens, i did it because i was trying to defend myself. she might have been afraid, but this army-strong woman who had always taken care of herself feared she might be the one putting the hurt on her attacker. all i m trying to say is i am warning honestly, i will fight for my life. and i swear, i will kill him. something had happened to make her pretty scared. yes. there was nothing on the call to say what that was. right. what was she afraid of? not clear. who was she afraid of? that was another story entirely. coming up, another man in maribel s life sits down with police, and he seems eager to help with the case. so you were doing your own surveillance? yes. did her roommate know something that police didn t? when dateline extra returns.