Category: THE SAN FRANCISCO CRIMES
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Murder in Lake Merced
Peter Pan and his wife, Barbara, lived on Eucalyptus Drive in the Lake Merced area of San Francisco. Around 10 a.m. on August 18, 1985, their son stopped by their home and found Peter Pan had been shot and killed, and Barbara had been brutally attacked and sexually assaulted. The house had been ransacked. Initial…
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A Burglary in Marina
On August 15th, 1985, a burglary occurred in an affluent neighborhood in the Marina District area of San Francisco on Baker Street, at the townhome of dentist Jack Saroyan. While his niece Rosemary Ovian and her friend were sleeping, burglar(s) gained entry to the home, and the house was robbed.At 11:40 p.m., the Saroyan’s arrived…
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California Dreamin’
A Den of Thieves We usually do not write about the charges against Richard Ramirez in San Francisco (SF) because the SF legal documents are unavailable. Most of what we know about the San Francisco charges against Richard comes from news articles available at the time, as well as small pieces of information contained within…
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The Murder of Mei Leung
This is a long, double post by VenningB and Jay – split into two sections: the history of the incident (Venning) and the DNA aspect (Jay). This blog is primarily focused on the Los Angeles trial. Because the alleged Night Stalker crimes in San Francisco (the Pan Incident) and Orange County (the Carns/Erickson Incident) never…
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The Bald Untruth
After Ramirez was identified as the prime suspect in the Night Stalker crimes, several police agencies were keen to ‘clear the books’ by looking through open cases and attempting to find links. Because Ramirez conveniently had no modus operandi, they could blame anything on him: stabbing, throat slashing, bludgeoning, shooting, and kidnapping; it did not…
Expendable For A Cause. 