#Rochard ramirez serial#

Ramirez's highly publicized home invasion and murder spree terrorized the residents of the Greater Los Angeles area and later the San Francisco Bay Area over the course of fourteen months. Ramirez would often commit burglaries to support his drug addiction, many of which were later frequently accompanied by murders, attempted murders, rapes, and assaults. By the time he had left his home in Texas and moved to California at the age of 22, he had begun frequently using cocaine. Ramirez also cultivated a strong interest in Satanism and the occult.

Abused by his father, Ramirez began developing gruesome, macabre interests in his early and mid-teens from his older cousin, Miguel ('Mike') Ramirez, who allegedly also taught him some of the military skills that he would go on to use during his year-long killing spree. Ramirez's childhood is considered an influence on his crimes. He died in 2013 while awaiting execution. He was convicted and sentenced to death in 1989.

#Rochard ramirez serial#

Ricardo ' Richard' Leyva Muñoz Ramirez ( / r ə ˈ m ɪər ɛ z/ Febru– June 7, 2013), dubbed Night Stalker, Valley Intruder (as his attacks were first clustered in the San Gabriel Valley), and Walk-in Killer was an American serial killer whose crime spree took place in California between June 1984 and August 1985.