Tag: Night Stalker: the Hunt for a Serial Killer
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Eight Richard Ramirezes
The unreliability of fingerprint forensics was previously discussed in Kaycee’s article on the Vincow Incident. Vincow’s was the only murder scene that supposedly linked Ramirez to a crime scene – or at least the outside of it – for the incriminating print was on a window screen. This was a latent print (invisible to the…
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Native American Tattoo?
Here is Gil Carrillo, recalling how Anastasia Hronas – the little girl who was allegedly sexually abused by Richard Ramirez – remembered seeing an “Indian headdress tattoo” on the arm of her kidnapper. That is an amazing lead. But Richard Ramirez had no such tattoo. Carrillo insists Hronas actually saw a pentagram pen drawing, which…
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Shapeshifter
When Reasonable Questioning Gets Shut Down. * Images may require a desktop for greater clarity * So many “true crime” podcasts and channels are available to us; a brief scan of my YouTube account reveals countless lists. Checking out the episodes dedicated to Ramirez, you will notice one recurring thing; they are all the same.…
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The Gallery of Horrors
Some people have watched the Netflix documentary and were left with the question: how did all those varied composite drawings lead to Richard Ramirez? He looked nothing like most of them, yet Ramirez had many distinguishing features, like scars and unusual eyebrows. Here is a quick rundown of some the composites involved in the Ramirez…
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The Murder of Joyce Nelson
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, examining the…
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That Orange Toyota
“How a 13-year old boy brought down the Night Stalker!” This story is one of many articles that claim something or someone directly led to Richard Ramirez’s capture. As with everything the media has told you about the Night Stalker, the reality is a little different. Bill Carns and his girlfriend Inez Erickson (sometimes named…
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The Wrong Gun (There Was No Gun)
Have you ever watched Night Stalker: the Hunt for a Killer and thought ‘something isn’t quite right’? Well, there are a lot of things about it that are not quite right, such as the inclusion of crimes Ramirez was never convicted of: the child abductions and the murder of Patty Higgins. Then there are things…
Expendable For A Cause. 