Richard Ramirez

with the territory...” (“Richard Ramirez”). These were the words of serial killer Richard Ramirez moments after he was convicted of killing thirteen people (“Richard Ramirez”). Richard Ramirez was a troubled child who lived with his parents and four siblings. His father was often violent and abusive, causing Ramirez to frequently run away from home. Due to distance between Ramirez and his family, he became close with his cousin, Mike. Mike was a soldier for the United States Army and was responsible for introducing the young boy to a life of crime (Philbin 154). Ramirez was only fifteen when he dropped out of high school and later left home when he was eighteen. He moved to Los Angeles and lived with his older brother, but often…

Richard Ramirez known as “The Night Stalker” was an American serial killer, rapist and burglar. He was one of the most horrendous serial killers who terrorized California in the 1980’s. Ramirez was born in El Paso, Texas, on February 29, 1960. He was the youngest of Julian and Mercedes Ramirez's five children. During his childhood, Ramirez lived with an abusive father who often relieved his anger towards him. Throughout his early years, he suffered two major head injuries that later affected the…

Killing the Killer Introduction: Richard Ramirez was a convicted serial killer and rapist who was sentenced to the death penalty in 1989. He died before the sentenced could be carried out. Numerous individuals thought the death penalty was unjust. However, I agree with the decision to execute Richard Ramirez and that is was the right punishment to issue Richard Ramirez. I will argue that the moral principles of Kantian Ethics, and the theory of Gelernter defend the government’s decision of…

Richard Ramirez - also known as The Night Stalker - was a serial rapist and also a worshiper of Satan. He stalked people, broke into their homes while they were asleep, and had a plan how to kill them based on their gender. Ramirez was a conflicted individual whose actions lead to extreme heartbreak for numerous families. A Mexican-American, Ramirez was born February 29, 1960, in El Paso, Texas. He was the youngest of five siblings. Ramirez had a pretty normal childhood. His father even said…

Richard Ramirez, “The Night Stalker” Richard Ramirez was born on February 29, 1960, in El Paso, Texas. The mother that gave birth to him was Mercedes Munoz and the father of Richard is Julian Tapia Ramirez. They both met each other when they were fourteen and eventually fell in love and got married in 1948. Richard was the youngest of five children and as he was going up he had a bad childhood life. He always hung around with his older cousin named “Mike”, Mike always told Richard stories about…

The case in interest is commonly known as “The Night Stalker” case. Involved in the case is Richard Ramirez, a serial killer -- convicted of 13 murders, five attempted murders, 11 sexual assaults and 14 burglaries. At a young age, Ramirez was exposed to satanic worship by a cousin (who was a soldier, discharged from Vietnam). The cousin had filled his head with stories of mutilation and torture of the woman along with graphic pictures from the war. This led him to commit petty crimes and form a…

Throughout the mid-eighties, Ramirez, otherwise known as the Nightstalker, was responsible for thirteen accounts of murder and several other accounts of rape and larceny. Interestingly, it was during this time that many Hollywood producers shifted their interest in genre from action to true crime. Films such as 10 to Midnight and The Untouchables created a sense of realism that other genres could not provide. An exemplary true crime film possesses certain aspects, such as psychological profile…

My serial killer's name is Richard Ramírez. Biographical Information His birthday is February 29, 1960. His death was on June 7, 2013. His place of birth was El Paso, Texas. Ramirez was born Ricardo Leyva Muñoz Ramirez in El Paso, Texas, on February 29, 1960. His father, Julian Tapia Ramirez, was born in Camargo, Mexico. He met Richard's mother, Colorado-born Mercedes Muñoz, there when they were both fourteen years old. When her family went to Juarez, Julian followed and married her in 1948,…

The Night Stalker Richard Ramirez is the serial killer nicknamed “The Night Stalker”. He was also a serial rapist and satanic worshiper. All of his victims were killed in the Califronia area most of which were killed in Los Angeles during 1984 and 1985. Ramirez was an active serial killer during his mid-twenties. Regarding Ramirez’s victims he had between thirteen and sixteen victims that were both male and female ranging in a variety of ages. Most of his crime along with the serial murder…

PEOPLE v. RICHARD RAMERIZ (1990): No. S012944. (Superior Court of Orange County, No. C-53262, Donald A. McCartin, Judge.) (Opinion by Broussard, J., with Lucas, C. J., Panelli, Eagleson, Kennard and Arabian, JJ., concurring. Separate concurring and dissenting opinion by Mosk, J.) INTRODUCTION: Richard Ramirez was an American serial killer, rapist, and burglar dubbed as the “Night Stalker” before his identity was exposed. He was an nocturnal and aggressive criminal who was very brutal, broke…