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| Full Name: | Ricardo Leyva Munoz Ramirez |
| Gender: | Male |
| Race: | Hispanic |
| Birth: | February 29, 1960 in El Paso, Texas, United States |
| Death: | --- |
| Cause of Death: | --- |
| Nicknames: | Night Stalker / Valley Intruder / Walk-in Killer |
| Murder Toll: | 16+ murdered victims |
| Murder Time Frame: | 1984-1985 / Age 24 at first murder, 25 at last murder |
| Murder Locations: | United States - Arcadia, California / Diamond Bar, California / Glendale, California / Los Angeles, California / Monrovia, California / Monterey Park, California / Rosemead, California / San Francisco, California / Whittier, California |
| Preferred Prey: | Females (males were attacked if they were with the females) |
| Modus Operandi: | Burglary, sodomy, rape, slashing, stabbing, bludgeoning, shooting, mutilation |
| Victim Disposal: | Left them where they were murdered, usually in their homes |
| Signature: | Drew satanic pentagrams in lipstick on walls and on a victim |
| Trophies: | Money, jewelry, other personal belongings |
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 Jennie Vincow Female - Age 79 Death: June 1984 |
 Dayle Okazaki Female - Age 34 Death: March 1985 |
Tsia-Lian Yu Female - Age 30 Death: March 1985 |
Unidentified Female - Age 8 Death: March 1985 |
 Vincent Zazzara Male - Age 64 Death: March 1985 |
 Maxine Zazzara Female - Age 44 Death: March 1985 |
 William Doi (aka Harold Wu) Male - Age 66 Death: May 1985 |
Malvia Keller Female - Age 83 Death: May 1985 |
Patty Higgins Female - Age 32 Death: June 1985 |
Mary Cannon Female - Age 75 Death: July 1985 |
 Joyce Nelson Female - Age 61 Death: July 1985 |
 Maxson Kneiling Male - Age 66 Death: July 1985 |
 Lela Kneiling Female - Age 66 Death: July 1985 |
 Chitat Assawahem Male - Age 32 Death: July 1985 |
 Ahmed Zia (aka Elyas Abowath) Male - Age 35 Death: August 1985 |
Peter Pan Male - Age 66 Death: August 1985 |
"I've killed twenty people, man. I love all that blood."
"Of course I did it. So what? Shoot me, I deserve to die."
"We've all got the power in our hands to kill, but most people are afraid to use it. The ones who aren't afraid, control life itself."
Jack the Knife
- What he wrote on a wall in lipstick, in the house of victim Peter Pan and his wife, Barbara Pan (who survived).
"Don't look at me! If you look at me again, I'll shoot you." - What he told victim Ruth Wilson (who survived).
"Swear to Satan! Swear your love for Satan." - What he said to a female victim in Mission Viejo, California, who survived.
"I did it, you know. You guys got me, the Stalker." - What he supposedly said to police sergeant Ed Esqueda.
"Hail Satan!" - What he would shout in court.
"Evil." - What he said to photographers while making a devil sign with his hand (two fingers for horns).
"Dying doesn't scare me. I'll be in hell, with Satan." - What he said about getting the death penalty.
"Big Deal. Death always went with the territory. I'll see you in Disneyland." - What he said to reporters after he was recommended for the death penalty.
"You do not understand me. I do not expect you to. You are not capable of it. I am beyond your experience. I am beyond good and evil. Legions of the night, night breed, repeat not the errors of night prowler and show no mercy. I will be avenged. Lucifer dwells within us all." - What he said in court, after receiving the death penalty.
"Where are the women?" - What he asked as he was led away to death row, while flashing his two-fingered devil sign to a busload of female prisoners.
"Satanists don't wear gold." - Explaining why he chose to wear a platinum wedding ring when he got married in prison to an admirer of his named Doreen Lioy.
"As far as the death penalty is concerned, I think it is a power against the powerless. There are not many millionaires on Death Row. A lot of people choose to die, though. A lot of people -- a lot of murder defendants actually get on the witness stand and tell the jury that they want the death penalty. They would rather die than spend the rest of their lives in prison."
 Life Without Hope Into the Mind of Richard L. Ramirez Author: Kay Dee Pub. Year: 2006 |
 The Night Stalker The Life and Crimes of Richard Ramirez Author: Philip Carlo Pub. Year: 2006 |
 Night Stalker Author: Clifford L. Linedecker Pub. Year: 2004 |
 A&E - American Justice Night Stalker Genre: Documentary Release Year: 2000 |
 A&E - Biography Richard Ramirez The Night Stalker Genre: Documentary Release Year: 2006 |
 Court TV The Trial of Richard Ramirez The Night Stalker Genre: Documentary Release Year: Unknown |
Court TV - Crime Stories Serial Killers - Richard Ramirez Genre: Documentary Release Year: 2000 |
Court TV - Mugshots Richard Ramirez Genre: Documentary Release Year: Unknown |
 The History Channel Great Crimes & Trials Richard Ramirez The Night Stalker Genre: Documentary Release Year: Unknown |
 Nightstalker Genre: Movie Director: Chris Fisher Release Year: 2002 |
 Manhunt Search for the Night Stalker Genre: Movie Director: Bruce Seth Green Release Year: 1989 |
