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.
to lock their doors and windows, use their lighting. this is information we re trying to put out all the time, not just when we know we have a killer on the loose. yochelson: the media had a lot of different names for him. the local nbc affiliate called it the walk-in killer. but another name stuck. martin: the term night stalker emerged from one of the daily newspapers. the other names had been floated valley intruder, walk-in killer but night stalker was the one that ultimately caught on and remains to this day. man: this meeting was the third in arcadia in the past month. all along, investigators have said a tip from the public might be the key to breaking this case. that s becoming more and more important as the investigation goes basically nowhere. linedecker: police started putting together a profile. man: we re doing everything within our power and our resources to protect the community and apprehend the suspect. martin: you look at the type of residents and all the physic
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