Tag: Night Stalker
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First Touch – The Vicary Report, September 1985
*Some images may be better viewed on a desktop because of the size* “The trial court failed properly to inquire about and conduct a fullhearing as to Petitioner’s mental competency to actively participate in the proceedings. Petitioner was entitled to a full and fair determination of his mental competency in this multiple murder capital case”.…
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The Monster in Fetters
Richard Ramirez’s constitutional rights were violated on multiple occasions because he had waived his rights, due to being mentally incompetent and unable to understand what was happening – not because he was simple, but because his thoughts were disordered due to temporal lobe disorder. Ramirez’s Habeas Corpus lawyers made 43 separate claims of a ‘Miscarriage…
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The Kyle Incident: Truth Decay
*This post contains details of rape and sexual assault, which some may find upsetting* Carol Kyle was raped, sexually assaulted, and robbed at gunpoint, by a man she described as a male Mexican, mid to late 20s between 5ft10 and 6ft, having medium length, black wavy hair, around 175 pounds, with a slight Spanish accent. …
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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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But Whose Cat Was It?
What on earth.. It’s something I briefly mentioned in, this post about eyewitness identification, and this one is particularly odd, to say the least. A 32 year old Arcadia housewife testified at the Municipal Court preliminaries that she had, in fact, seen the accused on 27th June, 1985. “He looked strange to me..” Indeed, very…
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Identity Charade
Arrest On the 30th of August 1985, the final police sketch of the man suspected of being the “Night Stalker” was created with the help of Carol Kyle, who had been brutally raped and robbed at gunpoint on the 30th of May. It was the second composite Kyle had assisted with, the first being produced…
Expendable For A Cause. 