Tag: 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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Richard Ramirez: Delusions With Foundations in Reality
The psychiatric report by Anne Evans – briefly covered here – highlighted some of Richard Ramirez’s obstructive behaviour towards his appellate lawyers and his would-be defence team for his San Francisco trial (that never happened). Evans did not believe it was directed at any particular attorney – all of them were subjected to Ramirez’s incoherent…
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Richard Ramirez: The Wells Report
Jane Wells was a clinical psychologist that specialized in forensic psychology. She was retained by post-conviction counsel for Richard Ramirez to evaluate his psychological status, the effects of the trauma he experienced, his social history, and cognitive functioning and to form an opinion regarding the significance of these factors on his overall functioning. To accomplish…
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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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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…
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The Light-Haired Man Who Attacked the Abowaths
Diamond Bar, Los Angeles County 8th August 1985 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 the head…