Tag: serial killers
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Night Stalker: The Mysteries Surrounding Bell and Lang
By Venning In this article, we examine the tragic attack on Mabel “Ma” Bell and Florence Nettie Lang – two elderly sisters brutally assaulted in their Monrovia home in late May 1985. Although Richard Ramirez was later sentenced to death for the crime, a closer look reveals serious evidentiary gaps, weak forensics, and questionable timelines…
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More Carrillo Logic
Another two nuggets of stupidity from the ‘His M.O. was No M.O.’ files. Carrillo had learned through his detective studies that some killers are sexually aroused by seeing fear in their victims’ eyes. He frequently cites his source, a criminology professor, Robert Morneau. Morneau wrote a book called Sex, Motivation and the Criminal Offender (1980)…
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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…
Expendable For A Cause. 