1. Ricardo Munoz Ramirez “The Night Stalker”
By: Anna Bowers

2. Physical Description Height: 6 ft 1inch Thin Dark, long hair Dark skin
Bad teeth
Hispanic
Brown Eyes

3. Background Childhood: Born February 29, 1960 in El Paso, Texas
He was the fifth and last child
- Three boys and two girls
- Two brothers, Joseph and Ruben, born with severe birth defects
Diagnosed with epilepsy- could not participate in football
Joseph’s teacher molested both Joseph and Richard
Described by his mother as outgoing and very loving, did well in school
Had two severe head injuries at ages 2 and 5 both left him unconscious (wasn’t treated properly)
Catholic, went to church regularly with mother and sister
Julian Ramirez: Abusive father
- Beat Richard and brothers
- Took out his anger on himself, beat his own head with a hammer until he bled

4. Background cont. Adolescence:
Began using Marijuana and sniffing glue during early teenage years
Hanging out with cousin Miguel Ramirez
- Soldier in Vietnam, Green Beret
- Psychopath: Would tie Vietnamese women to trees, rape and torture them, then kill them by stabbing, decapitation, or shooting
- Took pictures of women, showed them to Richard
- Sex and violence fused together
People noticed changes in him
- Slept in local cemetery
- Developed thoughts about killing and raping, and decided to worship Satan
Dropped out of high school, got a job at the Holiday Inn
- Had master key to rooms, would sneak in and watch women
- Had first attempt at rape, but husband came in and beat the crap out of him
- Drug addict
In 1978 at age 18 he left El Paso for Los Angeles, CA
- In Los Angeles his killing and raping spree began

5. Motives Satan Believed that Satan set aside a special place for him.
He was better than any other devil worshipper, more important
Believed that Satan asked him to murder and rape
Blood Lust
Obsessed with the adrenaline rush killing gave him; he could never get enough
He had a lust for the excitement murdering gave him

6. Victims and Patterns Killed fifteen men and women
He injured and/or raped nine women
He was sporadic in his methods of killing
Used guns, machetes, knives, hammers, a tire iron, blunt objects
Strangled, slit throats, stabbed, shot, or beat his victims to death
He was not able to wait long periods of time between killing, addicted
He would generally kill the men quick and rape the women and then kill them, or rape them and leave them alive
He picked houses randomly, drove through quiet suburban neighborhoods in the middle of the night looking for a house

7. Evidence
.22 Caliber pistol was used in two murders which occurred 4 days after one another, each was in LA
The same shoe print was found at almost all of the crime scenes
Teenager recognized him and wrote down license plate number, police found the car and located one fingerprint which told them it was Ramirez.
A matching fingerprint was also found on the windowsill of one his victim’s homes
Police located another car he had been driving and found in it, ammunition for a .22 caliber pistol
Ramirez drew the pentagram or the sign of the devil at 2 crime scenes, one on the leg of a woman, and the other on a bedroom wall. During his trial he opened his palm to reveal the same pentagram.
Multiple women, including two victims were able to give a physical description of Ramirez

8. Bibliography http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiEzER31gtw- A&E Biography

9. Trial
Began on January 30, 1989
Ramirez family hired two lawyers that had never before done a death penalty case
During trial he would turn around and laugh or wave at the victim’s families
Went through 55 days of testimony and 165 witness accounts
Found guilty, convicted of 67 felonies, 14 murders, and given 19 life sentences
He was put in San Quentin State Prison on death row where he remains today
In 1996 he married Doreen Lioy, a magazine editor, she has vowed to commit suicide when he is executed.