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
but then, that summer, it was just constant. reporter: five murders and three sexual attacks in the past eight weeks. this man may be linked to at least six homicides. reporter #2: seven bodies beaten, stabbed, or shot. reporter #3: 33 cases, including 14 murders, have definitely been linked to the walk-in killer. the killer leaves the pentagram, the mark of the devil. he was openly bringing a satanic aspect to the attacks. i m nervous. you know, i m nervous for my family, nervous for my friends and neighbors. reporter: 29-year-old bill carns was shot in the head. yochelson: but what was different about this incident there was a young man who lived a couple blocks away. jenkins: he spotted a suspicious man, and he is able to get a partial license plate number. jordan: the license plate matched with a 1976 orange toyota station wagon. and so it was one of the best leads that they got