Tag: Richard Ramírez
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The Light-Haired Man Who Attacked the Abowaths
The Attack 8th August 1985, Diamond Bar, Los Angeles County. Some time after 2:30am, Sakina Abowath was woken by a loud “pop” of a gun, and was hit very hard on the head and forced onto her stomach. She was handcuffed and beaten about the head. Her assailant stood on the bed and kicked her in…
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The Crimes Didn’t Stop
(Updated 14/05/2024 with new information.) People often ask why the murders ceased after Richard Ramirez was imprisoned. The truth is, they didn’t. Statistics show there were many murders across the valley regions and throughout the rest of L.A. County. In some cases, the killers were apprehended so there isn’t the same publicity as a slew…
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“I’d Make Him My Man”
Sometimes victims of horrific crimes are beguiled, induced or traumatised into deliberately making wrongful identifications. This may be attributed to PTSD, manipulation, confabulation or rage. Here is one story where this nearly happened, if it hadn’t have been for a cooler head. The Man on the Mountain Los Angeles Times Magazine, page 11, 1st May…
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ODD ONE OUT
We’re back… The Night Stalker cases should have been split into separate trials to prevent a joinder or “spill-over” where evidence from another case is used to suggest a connection to another. There are several ways to divide the cases. This post will focus on those where Ramirez was prosecuted for rape-burglaries: Kyle, Dickman, Khovananth…
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You, the Jury
Questioning The word “occult” comes from the Latin “occultus”. Ironically, the trial of an infamous occultist and Satanist is the epitome of the meaning of the word itself: clandestine, secret; hidden. We’ve written many words; a story needed to be told, and we created this place to enable us to do just that.Here, in this space,…
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San Quentin (part 2)
Life on the row Death row prisoners are stripped of nearly every freedom while waiting to die. Life is a bleak existence marked by isolation, exclusion from educational and employment programs, restricted visitation, and the ever-looming possibility of execution. Solitary Confinement: Richard spent most of his time alone in a small cell, with limited social…
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San Quentin (part 1)
“Bastille by the Bay” “San Quentin, what good do you think you do? Do you think I’ll be different when you’re through? You bent my heart and mind, and you warp my soul. Your stone walls turn my blood a little cold.” Johnny Cash “San Quentin“ Founded in 1852, San Quentin State Prison is California’s oldest correctional…
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Man-Child
“His self-image is fragile and vulnerable, as well as unrealistic. He has a lot of angry feelings and a great deal of mistrust toward others. This combination of factors is also part of a very self-destructive pattern”. Declaration of Anne Evans, document 16-7. Forensic Psychologist Anne Evans, PhD, was formally retained as an expert defence…
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And Justice for All
*images may need desktop viewing for clarity* “After a recess, in another hearing held in the court’s chambers which was held outside of the presence of Petitioner, the court and the parties discussed courtroom security. Trial counsel was concerned that there had been no screening of the members of the public which were coming to…
Expendable For A Cause. 