Tag: San Francisco
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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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“Cupcake Cindy”
This is another aspect of the Night Stalker case that descends into the realms of the absurd. It is well-known that Ramirez had many admirers during the trial and beyond. One was a juror, Cynthia “Cindy” Haden. Haden started as an alternate juror. According to Philip Carlo’s book, on Valentine’s Day 1989, the female jurors…
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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 Web of Informants: Part 1. Closing In
The Net Closes A series of events caused detectives to home in on Richard Ramirez. After the Khovananth attack, the LAPD disseminated a police bulletin as well as a ‘wanted poster’ of the suspect. They told the public that this man, a Latino, had attacked a dozen people and was armed and dangerous. His distinguishing…
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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…
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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
By Venning 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…
Expendable For A Cause. 