Category: THE LOS ANGELES CRIMES
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The Murder of Joyce Nelson
By Venning If you have seen the Netflix documentary, it is difficult to think about Joyce Nelson without recalling her family’s devastation when they discuss her personality, the way she dressed and her fears. The family display a justified hatred and disgust towards her killer. They believe wholeheartedly that Richard Ramirez was convicted with conclusive evidence. However,…
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Launie Dempster Strikes Three – The Doi Incident
The attack on William Doi and his wife, Lillie, occurred during the early hours Of May 14th, 1985. Monterey Park police dispatcher Darlene Boese received a 911 call at approximately 5:00 a.m. The system showed the address to be 1586 Trumbower Street (according to official reports, however, it’s “avenue” not “street”) A male voice repeatedly…
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The Vincow Incident: What’s in a Fingerprint?
Jennie Vincow was not murdered at night and fingerprints are not as unique as people think.
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Sophie Dickman and the Shortish Jewellery Expert
By Venning On July 7, 1985, Sophie Dickman was raped and robbed in Monterey Park by a man with a gun and soft curly brown hair. But her case, like many others in the Night Stalker investigation, raises disturbing questions, not only about the suspect’s identity, but about eyewitness unreliability, investigative overreach, and prosecutorial inconsistency.…
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Who Attacked Whitney Bennett?
By Venning Sierra Madre, Los Angeles County. 5th July 1985. 16-year-old Whitney Bennett arrived home via the back door. She made sure it was locked before changing for bed. The light was still on, and the curtains were left open when she fell asleep. Bennett’s bedroom was at the front of the house. Sometime between 2:45…
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Tsai-Lian Yu: Murder, Medallions & Morphing Suspects
Read about the Night Stalker case where the MO was completely different and where witnesses lied that the short Asian man they saw was Richard Ramirez.
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Serial Delusions
“A series of crimes involves distinctive features, offences or signature mark to indicate that particular individual likely committed all of the crimes. Distinctive features of a modus operandi include cause of death, type of weapon used, or victim. By definition, a series of crimes requires similarity among the criminal acts; crimes linked together because of…
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The Light-Haired Man Who Attacked the Abowaths
This article will argue that the evidence in the Abowath case was deeply flawed in three areas: forensic science (bodily fluids), physical (shoeprints/firearms) and eyewitness identification. These raise serious doubts about Ramirez’s guilt for this crime. Diamond Bar, Los Angeles County 8th August 1985 Some time after 2:30am, Sakina Abowath was woken by a loud “pop”…
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Night Stalker: The Murder of Mary Louise Cannon
Richard Ramirez, known as the “Night Stalker,” was convicted of multiple murders, including that of Mary Cannon on July 2, 1985, in Arcadia, Los Angeles County. However, key forensic evidence in Cannon’s case was overlooked or misrepresented – issues later raised in Ramirez’s 2008 federal habeas corpus petition. A habeas corpus petition is a legal…
Expendable For A Cause. 