California grandmother Joyce Nelson told her son she "wouldn’t want to be a prisoner in her own home” when he asked her to lock her doors with the "Night Stalker" on the loose.
After he was arrested for murdering more than a dozen people, Richard Ramirez drew a horde of female fans vying for the killer's attention. One even married him.
Rosie Juarez, the eldest niece of serial killer Richard Ramirez, says her uncle started abusing her when she was just 6. It continued for years, she said.
Doreen Lioy, who later married serial killer Richard Ramirez, said she was "captivated" by his mug shot when police broke in to interrupt the TV show she was watching.
A series of prison recordings with the murderer and sex offender unearths new truths in the Peacock original docuseries Richard Ramirez: The Night Stalker Tapes.
Typically known for Hollywood and sunny beaches, California has been the hunting ground for a disturbing number of serial killers, as evident in Oxygen's Serial Killer Capital: Los Angeles.
Former detective Gil Carrillo told the crowd at CrimeCon2021 he later realized how afraid his wife was while Carrillo was hunting down serial killer Richard Ramirez.
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Det. Gil Carrillo was the youngest homicide detective on the force when he put forth the unprecedented but ultimately correct theory that a string of rapes, murders and other assaults in the mid-1980s were the work of one person.
Infamous Los Angeles serial killer Richard Ramirez numerous female admirers show up in court to support him, much like another notorious murderer, Ted Bundy.
Det. Frank Salerno hunted down homicidal cousins Angelo Buono Jr. and Kenneth Bianchi before taking on the Richard Ramirez case with his new partner, Det. Gil Carillo
Netflix's upcoming "Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer" details how California investigators Gil Carrillo, Frank Salerno and others put an end to Richard Ramirez's horrendous crimes.