Ricardo Leyva "Richard" Muñoz Ramírez (February 29, 1960 – June 7, 2013) was an American serial killer, rapist, and burglar. His highly publicized home invasion crime spree terrorized the residents of the greater Los Angeles area, and later the residents of the San Francisco area, from June 1984 until August 1985. Prior to his capture, Ramirez was dubbed the "Night Stalker" by the news media. He used a wide variety of weapons, including handguns, knives, a machete, a tire iron, and a hammer. Ramirez, who was an avowed Satanist, never expressed any remorse for his crimes. The judge who upheld his thirteen death sentences remarked that Ramirez's deeds exhibited "cruelty, callousness, and viciousness beyond any human understanding". Ramirez died of complications from B-cell lymphoma while awaiting execution on California's death row.
Serial killers do on a small scale what governments do on a large one. They are a product of the times and these are bloodthirsty times. Even psychopaths have emotions if you dig deep enough. Then again maybe they don't.
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The world has been fed many lies about me. I have read very few truths.
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[asked by Mike Watkiss if he considered himself evil] We are all evil in some form or another. Are we not? . . . Yes I am evil. Not a hundred percent, but I am evil.
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I've killed 20 people, man. I love all that blood.
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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.
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[to reporters after being sentenced to death] Big deal. Death always went with the territory. I'll see you in Disneyland.
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Fact
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Shared birthday with fellow serial killer Aileen Wuornos.
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Died at Marin General Hospital (Greenbrae, CA).
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Convicted on September 20, 1989 of 13 counts of murder, and 30 related felonies. On November 7, 1989 he was formally sentenced to death.
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He married Doreen Lioy, on October 3, 1996 at San Quentin Prison.
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Wife, Doreen, was his pen pal and started writing letters to Rameriz in 1985
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Anna's Eve
2004
Detective #2
Miscellaneous
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Anna's Eve
2004
production assistant
Archive Footage
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THS Investigates: Love Behind Bars
2005
TV Movie documentary
Himself
History's Mysteries: Infamous Murders
2001
TV Series documentary
Himself
Biography
2001
TV Series documentary
Himself
Revelations: The End Times
1999
Video documentary
Himself - Serial Killer
The New Detectives: Case Studies in Forensic Science
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