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
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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.
there was a trove of evidence recovered in that bus locker stolen property that was linked to the victims. the guns weren t recovered, but ammunition that had been in those guns were recovered and linked to ramirez. the charges were filed within 48 hours, as required by law. jordan: richard ramirez was charged with 14 murders, 19 burglaries, 7 rapes, and a slew of other charges. richard was arrested in 85, and it was three years before he went on trial. he came to court wearing sunglasses. he changed from a really ugly, evil-looking guy to a rock star. the minute you drive off the lot. or more. that s why farmers new car replacement pays
was a methodical argument. it was going through all of the crimes and listing all of the evidence that linked ramirez. it was a long and tumultuous trial. in the end, there were 165 witnesses and 658 pieces of evidence presented before the defense and the prosecution gave their final closing arguments. as the jury was deliberating this mountain of evidence they had to consider, one day, one of the jurors didn t show up. then, she was found dead. there was a lot of speculation in the media that the murder of this juror was really somehow related to the case. that it was a conspiracy. that ramirez had followers who had done this. the rumors included me as a coconspirator. i was the prime suspect. none of this was true.