Tag: witness misidentification
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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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“Murder Clothes” – The Myth of the Night Stalker’s Appearance
We have examined the eyewitness descriptions and composite sketches of the Night Stalker many times on this site but we have never really discussed his clothes. The Night Stalker is a caricature. He invaded in the dark, clad in black from head to foot. He wore a “black Members Only type jacket”, dark baseball caps…
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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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Tsai-Lian Yu: Murder, Medallions & Morphing Suspects
Read about the Night Stalker case where the MO was completely different and where witnesses lied that the short Asian man they saw was Richard Ramirez.
Expendable For A Cause. 