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    • 1960s — Ramirez's Early Life. Richard Ramirez is born on February 29, 1960, in El Paso, to a Mexican immigrant couple. He’s the youngest of five children.
    • 1970s — Ramirez's First Crimes. On May 4, Miguel fatally shoots his wife, Jessie, in the face during a fight while Ramirez is present. A few months later Ramirez moves in with his sister, Ruth, and her husband, Roberto.
    • 1982 — Ramirez Moves To California. Ramirez relocates to California, where the majority of his crimes occur.
    • April 10, 1984 — Ramirez's First Victim. Ramirez’s first known murder happens. Nine-year-old Mei Leung, a Chinese-American girl, is murdered in the basement of the San Francisco hotel where Ramirez was living.
    • 1960s — Ramirez's Early Life. Richard Ramirez is born on February 29, 1960, in El Paso, to a Mexican immigrant couple. He’s the youngest of five children.
    • 1970s — Ramirez's First Crimes. On May 4, Miguel fatally shoots his wife, Jessie, in the face during a fight while Ramirez is present. A few months later Ramirez moves in with his sister, Ruth, and her husband, Roberto.
    • 1982 — Ramirez Moves To California. Ramirez relocates to California, where the majority of his crimes occur.
    • April 10, 1984 — Ramirez's First Victim. Ramirez’s first known murder happens. Nine-year-old Mei Leung, a Chinese-American girl, is murdered in the basement of the San Francisco hotel where Ramirez was living.
  1. May 17, 2023 · Serial killer Richard Ramirez, known as the Night Stalker, was connected to at least 14 murders, five attempted murders, and dozens of other violent crimes. ... Ramirez was arrested for the first ...

  2. Sep 2, 2024 · In June 1984 Ramirez committed his first known murder, raping and stabbing a 79-year-old widow. (In 2009 he was implicated in the April 1984 murder of a nine-year-old girl after his DNA was determined to be at the crime scene; however, Ramirez was not charged with the crime.) He then apparently waited some eight months before resuming his killings.

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  3. Date apprehended. August 31, 1985. Ricardo Leyva Muñoz Ramirez (/ rəˈmɪərɛz /; February 29, 1960 – June 7, 2013), better known as Richard Ramirez, and nicknamed the Night Stalker, was an American serial killer and sex offender whose killing spree occurred in Greater Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area in the state of California.

  4. Richard Ramirez, known as the “Night Stalker” was an American serial killer. Ramirez spent over two years of his life raping and torturing over 25 victims and killing more than a dozen people. Most of these crimes were committed in the victims California homes. Richard, the son of Mercedes and Julian Ramirez, was born in El Paso, Texas on ...

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  6. Oct 15, 2021 · The Twisted Tale Of Richard Ramirez, The ‘Night Stalker’ Serial Killer Who Terrorized 1980s California. Born Ricardo Leyva Muñoz Ramirez, Richard Ramirez became infamous as the "Night Stalker" after killing 13 people between 1984 and 1985. On August 31, 1985, serial killer Richard Ramirez walked into a convenience store in Los Angeles.

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