Richard+Ramirez

Introduction to the Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez's case and //__how Science played a role in his conviction.__//
= = = = =Richard Ramirez =

Who is he?
//Ricardo Ramirez was born on 28 February 1960 in El Paso, Texas, the youngest child of seven, to a Mexican-American railway worker. Known as Richard or Ricky, Ramirez had a troubled childhood, and was heavily influenced by an older cousin, a Green Beret named Mike, who told fascinating stories about the torture and mutilation that he had inflicted on Vietnamese women during his time in the Vietnam War. He told these stories with the aid of horrific Polaroid pictures. They smoked marijuana together, and his teenage rebellion led to him committing petty crimes to fuel his marijuana habit, which further distanced him from his Catholic parents. He spent even more time with his cousin as a result. Mike had murdered his wife by shooting her in the face due to her constant nagging while Richard was present, the wife's blood had splattered onto Richard, and thus planted the first seed in the mind of one of the sick, twisted serial killers of the 20th century.//

=//Activity 1: Worlde on what makes someone a Serial Killer: //=

Activity 2:
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**Richard Ramirez's victims:** Victims:


 * //Jennie Vincow, 79, Glassell Park, Los Angeles, CA [6/28/84] //


 * //Maria Hernandez, 22, Rosemead, CA [3/17/85] – survived//


 * //Dayle Okazaki, 34, Rosemead, CA [3/17/85]//


 * //Tsia-Lian Yu, 30, Monterey Park, CA [3/21/85] //


 * //Vincent Zazzara, 64, Whittier, CA [3/27/85] //


 * //Maxine Zazzara, 44, Whittier, CA [3/27/85] //


 * //William Doi, 66, Monterey Park, CA[5/14/85] (sometimes identified as Harold Wu) //


 * //Lillian Doi, 56, Monterey Park, Ca [5/14/85] – survived (sometimes identified as Jean Wu) //


 * //Mabel Bell, 83 Monrovia, CA [5/29/85] (sometimes identifed as Malvia Keller) //


 * //Florence Lang, 80, Monrovia, CA [5/29/85] – survived (sometimes identified as Blanche Wolfe) //


 * //Ruth Wilson, 41, Burbank, CA [5/30/85] – survived //


 * //Ruth Wilson’s son, 12, Burbank, CA [5/30/85] – survived//


 * //Patty Elaine Higgins, 32, Arcadia, CA [6/27/85]//


 * //<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Mary Louise Cannon, 75, Arcadia, CA [7/2/85] //


 * //<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Whitney Bennett, 16, Arcadia, CA [7/5/85] – survived (sometimes identified as Deidre Palmer) //


 * //<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Joyce Lucille Nelson, 61, Monterey Park, CA [7/7/85] //


 * //<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Sophie Dickman, 63, Monterey Park, CA [7/7/85] – survived //


 * //<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Chainarong Khovananth, 32, Sun Valley, CA [7/20/85] //


 * //<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Somkid Khovananth, ?, Sun Valley, CA [7/20/85] – survived //


 * //<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">child Khovananth, 8, Sun Valley, CA [7/20/85] – survived //


 * //<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Lela Kneiding, 66, Glendale, CA [7/20/85] //


 * //<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Max Kneiding, 66, Glendale, CA [7/20/85] //


 * //<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Christopher Peterson, 38, Northridge, CA [8/6/85] – survived //


 * //<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Virginia Peterson, 27, Northridge, CA [8/6/85] – survived //


 * //<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Elyas Abowath,35, Diamond Bar, CA [8/8/85] //


 * //<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Sakina Abowath, 29, Diamond Bar, CA [8/8/85] – survived (sometimes identified as Ahmed Zia] //


 * //<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Aamar Abowath, 3, Diamond Bar, CA [8/8/85] – survived (sometimes identifed as Suu Kya Zia] //


 * //<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Peter Pan, 66, Lake Merced, CA [8/17/85] //


 * //<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Barbara Pan, 62, Lake Merced, CA [8/17/85] – survived //


 * //<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">William Carns, 29, Mission Viejo, CA [8/24/85] – survived //


 * //<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Inez Erickson, 27, Mission Viejo, CA [8/24/85] – survived (sometimes identifed as Renata Gunther or Carole Smith] //

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Connection that DNA has to Ramirez's case:** DNA linked Ramirez to the murder of a 9 year old girl named Mei Leung, which remained a Cold Case for 25 years up until a recent DNA sample from the now convicted and death row inmate Ramirez to her murder. Police officers are hoping it brings the family closure. Mei Leung was murdered in the basement of a residential Hotel in San Francisco. DNA was extracted from different samples found at the crime scene.