Gil ends the documentary with his own statement. On September 20, 1989, Ramirez was found guilty of all charges and sentenced to death. Overwhelmingly, Ramirez's admirers were women. I believe in the devil and I believe in evil, he says. With the heat on in L.A., he headed for San Francisco. While picking up a cup of coffee and pastry at a nearby liquor store, he noticed some elderly Hispanic women staring at him. *There is a strange epilogue to this case: Mabel Bells grandson said he visited his great aunt Florence just before he testified at trial. "You controlled who lived and who died you were God." DeAngelo curiously skipped Los Angeles during his long spree, instead bypassing it to kill in Irvine, Orange County. On September 20, 1989, Ramirez was found guilty of all charges and sentenced to death. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click here. Gil reveals his initial theories were dismissed by colleagues because of the sheer range of the depravity. With Dayle Okazaki, he waited until he saw the fear in her eyes then he shot her. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. Whoever it belonged to was not Richard Ramirez and was probably from the victims. When he went into one that he'd robbed a year earlier at around 2am one March evening, he immediately shot and killed the homeowner, Vincent Zazzara. On August 24, 1985, he fled a burglary scene after house owner James Romero raised the alarm - noting the registration number of the stolen car Ramirez was driving. He then hung her body from a pipe in April 1984. Biography. She had been repeatedly stabbed and strangled. The killer wouldn't make it much further before the angry crowd descended on him, beating him with fists, feet, barbecue tools, and anything they could get their hands on. Minutes later, her 8-year-old brother stumbled upon the most horrific scene of his short life. Sakina's three-year-old son came to the room after hearing the terrible noise Ramirez tied him up and went back to raping his mother. But this is strange. To avoid his father's erratic temper, Richard often slept in a nearby cemetery. A few days later, he killed pensioner Bill Doi before putting his wife Lillian in thumbcuffs metal manacles that lock round your thumbs then raping and beating her. But it was his cousin, Miguel, who opened Ramirez's eyes to sadistic brutality. AFTER fatally shooting her husband in the head as he slept, Richard Ramirez forced Sakina Abowath to "swear on Satan" that she wouldn't scream as he raped her in her bedroom. March 17, 1985: Dayle Yoshie Okazaki, 34, was shot in the forehead. Ramirez then murdered 30-year-old Tsai 'Veronica' Lian Yu after pulling her out of her car. The more sadistic, depraved, and violent his acts, the more his evil master would smile on him and protect him. Ramirez also left the print of his size 11-and-a-half Avia sneakers in dirt, mud, blood, and on the face of victim Joyce Nelson. Although Florence Lang survived, she remained unable to communicate and died on 7th August* (see below for more on this). Bell was killed. The defence had all the serological evidence on their side, but decided to go with an alibi that ultimately failed. He never told his parents he had witnessed the killing. Unable to get a grip on the screen, Ramirez had removed his gloves. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. This time, he left a clear footprint in the earth outside the window. Leaving his mark for the first time,the murderer scrawled a pentagram on Bell's body and bedroom wallswith lipstick. Carol was raped. Richard was not charged with a rape count for the Bell and Lang attack so it is safe to say the tests were negative. (the killer!)" Ramirez then murdered 30-year-old Tsai 'Veronica' Lian Yu after pulling her out of her car. Florence Lang was unresponsive on her bed, and like her sister, in a coma. The same year, he moved in with his sister Ruth and her husband Roberto a peeping Tom who took Ramirez along on his sick nighttime escapades. The guest's husband soon arrived and severely beat Richard before calling the police. I recognised it immediately as the same footprint to the one lifted at the Zazarra crime scene, says Gil. March 27, 1985: Vincent Charles Zazzara and Maxine Levenia Zazzara were both shot. He shot William in the head and ferociously beat Lillie, but she survived. July 5, 1985: Whitney Bennett, 16 was attacked while sleeping, but as Richard tried to strangle her with a phone cord he saw sparks come off it which made him think Jesus was saving her and so he fled. He didnt, he says. The Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer documentary states that this cassette player was recovered from Jesse Perez in Mexico, along with a gun, that therefore linked Bell and Lang with the Doi incident, but it was actually found at Felipe Solanos. Julian claimed his son had been with the family in El Paso on May 29 and 30, the days he raped and killed Florence Lang (81) and brutally raped Mabel Bell (83) and Carol Kyle (42). Jury selection for what would be one of California's most expensive trials at last began in July 1988. At 15, Richard managed to get a job cleaning rooms and carrying luggage at a hotel. Most importantly, it was the preferred close-range weapon of professional hit men. I can still hear (my young daughters) screams of terror, 'Mommy, please dont die'.". "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. Mabel Bell, 83, of Monrovia, bludgeoned to death. A dutiful son, Jack lived on the second floor where he could tend to his mother's needs. Elyas Abowath, 35, was shot to death in. In June of that year his Night Stalker killing spree began and the crimes took place as follows: In August 1985, Richard made a journey from Arizona to California by bus. In 2013, after 23 years on death row, Ramirez died from cancer, at the age of 53. A Monrovia fire inspector, Steven Mikity, went to the house on the morning of 29th May, to tell the residents to remove brush from their property (it is a fire hazard in hot locations). Unable to pry the screen off, Ramirez removed his gloves to make the job easier. It was only when Detective Gil Carrillo linked the killings to a spate of child kidnappings that the LA police began to track Ramirez down. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. Ramirez then repeatedly raped the defenceless mum while threatening to cut her eyes out if she looked at him. Unable to locate a knife, he bludgeoned both women with a hammer and electrocuted Bell with a frayed electrical cord. A few weeks later, Jennie Vincow, 79, was found dead in her apartment. Beaten and throat slashed. With Tsai-Lian Yu, the suspect wanted a confrontation, wanted to see that fear. He then hung her body from a pipe in April 1984. At 13, he witnessed Miguel shoot wife Jessie in the face during an argument, killing her instantly. Her head was covered in blood, with brain tissue protruding from her broken skull. His wife is beaten. Yet, Ramirez's brand of Satanism was a far cry from LaVey's theatrical atheism. His inexperienced attorneys, Arturo and Daniel Hernandez, delayed the trial for years with requests for postponement and pretrial motions. The petition states that Mikity returned two days later, making it 31st May. He would, in most cases, commit his murders in the victims' homes and then steal their jewellery and valuables. 28 Apr 2023 18:15:37 July 7, 1985: Ramirez beats to death Joyce Lucille Nelson, 61, of Monterey Park. Sure, Bill died of his injuries. ", During and after Richard Ramirez's trial, the killer experienced a kind of adulation usually reserved for celebrities. The children described their attacker as tall, with light brown skin, dishevelled hair, stained teeth and a pungent odour - matching a description given by Maria Hernandez. BELL, Mabel Close passed away July 15, 1985 in . May 29 June 1, 1985: Mabel Bell, 84, and her invalid sister, Florence Lang, 81, are beaten with a hammer in their Monrovia home. With Tsai-Lian Yu, the suspect wanted a confrontation, wanted to see that fear. A bloody shoe print was found on a blanket in her room, matching the previous prints. The blood-soaked crime scene of Mabel Bell and Florence Lang's bedroom - with a lipstick pentagram visible on the wall Credit: . While the murders stacked up, Gils colleagues at the LAPD reported the latest in spate of child abductions. Within an hour of his first double-murder, he pulled another victim Tsai-LIan Yu out of her car and shot her twice she was pronounced dead in hospital. Florence Lang (Sibling) Did you know. For over two decades, authorities assumed the Night Stalker murders began in June of 1984 with the slaying of 79-year-old Jennie Vincow. Hernandez's roommate, Dayle Okazaki, 34, wouldn't be so lucky. Just 40 minutes later, motorist Tsai-Lian Yu, 30, was stopped, dragged from her car and shot in the chest. Back in Los Angeles after a failed trip to visit his brother in Tucson, Ariz., Richard Ramirez was unaware that he'd become the lead story on every newscast and newspaper in the city. "Tell them the Night Stalker was here," he said. His autopsy also stated that a history of drug use and a hepatitis C infection also contributed to his death. Physical Evidence Rape kit taken A hammer on the dressing table covered in blood Electrical tape on the victims May 14, 1985: Ramirez broke into the home of William and Lillie Doi. They both survived. The killer was no demon from the depths. In one picture, he gleefully posed with the severed head of a woman he'd raped and then decapitated. Mabel Gardiner Hubbard Bell, aeronautics financier, community leader, social reformer and advocate for the deaf (born 25 November 1857 in Cambridge, Massachusetts; died 3 January 1923 in Chevy Chase, Maryland). This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. Florence Mabel Bell (born Rogers) in MyHeritage family trees (Wood Family Web Site) Florence Mabel Rogers in Ontario Births, 1869-1912 Florence Mabel Bell (born Rogers) in MyHeritage family trees (Vicki Lee's Web Site) Florence Mabel Rogers in FamilySearch Family Tree view all Immediate Family George Henry Rogers father Ann Rogers mother Carefully surveying his surroundings, Ramirez donned a pair of gardening gloves and slinked across the building's small courtyard. Enter: Felipe Solano. Two months after his first taste of murder, Ramirez began a catalogue of violence which terrified the nation for over a year. IN the dingy light of her garage, Maria Hernandez heard a bang on her car roof and turned to see the wild-eyed stare of a tall, dishevelled man pointing a gun at her face. He had spent much of the night cruising Los Angeles' skid row in a stolen car when he decided to take the 10 Freeway to Glassell Park, a neighborhood near Forest Lawn Cemetery. It was easy to conceal and relatively quiet. Within days he killed again, this time by taking a hammer he found in the home of two sisters in their 80s, Mabel Bell and Florence Lang, who lived together. Beaten away by Robles and barber Arthur Benevedes, Ramirez fled on foot, bounding over fences and running through backyards. If not him, then a copycat with knowledge of his crimes. The husband beat Ramirez senseless but the teen escaped charges because the visiting couple didn't want to return to the state to testify. "Her head was drooped and her chin down. They both survived. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Maria Hernandez was saved from a brutal death by a bunch of keys, Richard Ramirez was a satanist who terrorised Los Angeles, Dayle Okazaki was shot between the eyes in the kitchen, Detective Gil Carrillo made a link between the child snatcher and the serial killer, Ramirez was a troubled teen who dabbled in drugs and Satanism, Mei Leung was raped and murdered before being hung from a pipe, The blood-soaked crime scene after Dayle was shot in the head, Vince Zazarra was shot and his wife raped and murdered, Lillian was put into thumbcuffs which left her bleeding profusely, Anastasia Hronner says her abuser met Ramirez's description, Evil Ramirez was suspected of being the child snatcher, The pentagon was scrawled on the wall of many of his victims, The bloody bed of Whitney Bennett, after he beat her with a metal wheel brace, Police tracked down the stolen car and found fingerprints, Ramirez showed the pentagon sign during his trial for mass murder, Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). Mikity drove past the property at 5pm and noticed that the kitchen door and garage were now open. Not many people believed that, because wed never encountered anybody like that in criminal history.. Leaving his mark for the first time, the murderer scrawled a pentagram on Bell's body and bedroom walls with lipstick. Family (1) Relatives Florence Lang (sibling) See also. Gil ends the documentary with his own statement. Growing up in a devoutly Catholic household, Ramirez understood God, Satan, Heaven, Hell, and sin as concrete realities. . "Everyone makes him look so bad," one of Ramirez's admirers told San Francisco TV station KRON. Mabel Bell appears to have been sexually assaulted but not raped. At some point, he stumbled upon the writings of the Church of Satan's Anton LaVey and made a pilgrimage to San Francisco to meet LaVey. The defence should have challenged the pentagram because, taken in isolation, it did not connect Richard to the crime. In 1973, 12-year-old Richard watched his cousin murder his wife with a .38-caliber pistol. Mabel Bell, 83, of Monrovia, bludgeoned to death. Patiently waiting for her to move from her hiding place below a kitchen counter, Ramirez killed her with a single shot to the head. I say prayers a night and I list people. On September 20, 1989, Ramirez was found guilty of all charges: 13 murders, five attempted murders, 11 sexual assaults, and 14 burglaries. May 29, 1985: Mabel "Ma" Bell, 83, and her disabled sister, Florence "Nettie" Lang, 81, were both bound and bludgeoned. And while still in school, he began having violent sexual fantasies which he decided to try and act out. Thanks to modern forensic science, the mystery of Mei Leung's death was solved at last and the longstanding narrative of the Night Stalker upended. Services at Glen Haven Memorial Park, San Fernando on Friday, July 19 at 11 a.m. . A few weeks later, Jennie Vincow, 79, was found dead in her apartment. "Tell them the Night Stalker was here," he said. The same year, he moved in with his sister Ruth and her husband Roberto a peeping Tom who took Ramirez along on his sick nighttime escapades. She had four to five-inch-long cuts down her ribs and a blistered burn mark below her right breast. Believing he was working under the guidance and protection of Satan, Richard Ramirez went on a bloody rampage of assault, robbery, and murder throughout Southern California and San Francisco. As he dashed for the exit, Ramirez formulated a plan. Simple theft wasn't enough to sate his dark side, however, and he used the key to enter a woman's room intent on assaulting her. He said she was still unable to speak and was on a feeding tube. In a chilling voiceover the killer declares: I was in alliance with the evil that is inherent in human nature. Many of Ramirez's victims were elderly. May 30, 1985: Carol Kyle, 41, raped by Ramirez. In a Sun Valley attack, he repeatedly ordered a woman to "swear. Lecherous looks and flirtatious comments directed at female guests landed him in trouble with management. Aug. 8, 1985: Elyas Abowath, 35, is shot to death in his home. This hurts' and why are you doing this? she says. He played the role of a rockstar killer to the hilt, flashing Satanic symbols to the courtroom, staring down the prosecution and jury, and praising Satan. That was who I was - walking death.. His target was the first floor apartment of 79-year-old widow Jennie Vincow. In his teens, Ramirez began taking LSD, developed an obsession with Satanism and embarked in a string of petty crimes. Under cover of night, Richard went beyond peeping and began breaking into homes just to see if he could enter and escape undetected. 17, 1985: On March 17, 1985, Ramrez shot 20-year old Mara Hernndez before shooting Dayle Okazaki, age 34, dead. Yu was pronounced dead on arrival at a nearby hospital. Is it possible that another serial killer could have done this? As discussed in this post, the defence presented evidence that Richard was in El Paso at the time of the attack, but he was proven to have visited the dentist on 30th May. I say prayers a night and I list people. Still, other DNA found at the crime scene points to the possibility that Ramirez had an accomplice. But then he changed his mind because he was always changing it or even faking it. After hours, he would skulk around the hotel, peeking in windows. he would choose homes next to the wilderness, so he could make a quick getaway. RICHARD Ramirez was dubbed the "Night Stalker" - a notorious serial killer from California. Just 40 minutes later, motorist Tsai-Lian Yu, 30, was stopped, dragged from her car and shot in the chest. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. Texan-born Ramirez grew up with an abusive dad, prone to violent rages. Miguel regaled young Richard with violent tales and showed him graphic photographs of decapitations and war crimes. The small gun was perfect, Ramirez thought. When she was dead, he hung the nine-year-old's body from a pipe in the basement Mei's eight-year-old brother found her. While the murders stacked up, Gils colleagues at the LAPD reported the latest in spate of child abductions. An eight-year-old had been taken from her bed, driven to a construction site and sexually assaulted. The same night, he broke into the house of Bill Carns and shot him three times before raping his 29-year-old fiancee Inez Erickson. When silence fell, she cautiously raised her head - only to see Ramirez pointing a gun in her face before pulling the trigger. Her hands had been tied behind her back with electrical cord and her ankles bound with electrical tape. May 29 June 1, 1985: Mabel Bell, 84, and her invalid sister, Florence Lang, 81, are beaten with a hammer in their Monrovia home. Ramirez, however, kept an eye on the local media. And we are happy to never have to write about them again. When his mugshot was released to the press, the Night Stalker had no place to hide. After hearing a shot and then someone enter the flat, Dayle cowered behind the kitchen counter. This risked contaminating the crime scene. Because of the sheer volume of crimes involved in the Night Stalker case, it took two years before Richard Ramirez could be brought before the court for a preliminary hearing on March 6, 1988. He was never convicted of the child abductions and rapes. Often, he left behind the mark of the inverted pentagram, a symbol long associated with Satanism. Still, nothing could prepare the state for the brutality of a series of gruesome murders that gripped Los Angeles and San Francisco from June 1984 to August 1985. For other inquiries, Contact Us. July 7, 1985: Joyce Lucille Nelson, 61, was beaten in her home. This was unusual, as he went past the house every day and had never seen the garage open. Dropping his eyes to a newspaper rack, he saw his own face staring back at him. Gil reveals his initial theories were dismissed by colleagues because of the sheer range of the depravity. As recounted in The Night Stalker: The Life and Crimes of Richard Ramirez, young Richard Ramirez's obsession with Satan began at an early age. He clearly heard one of them exclaim, "El matador! Bystanders intervened and chased him away, then he attempted to carjack twice more. Now the trunk was closed. Aug. 6, 1985: Ramirez shot both Christopher Petersen, 38, and his wife, Virginia, 27, in the head. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. May 30, 1985:Carol Kyle, 42, and her son were bound. On the same day Tsai-Lian "Veronica" Yu was pulled out of her car and fatally shot twice. Mabel Bell was born on April 6, 1902 in Kentucky, USA. After Maxine died, Richard mutilated her body with a knife and gouged out her eyes. July 5, 1985: Whitney Bennett, 16 was attacked while sleeping, but as Richard tried to strangle her with a phone cord he saw sparks come off it which made him think Jesus was saving her and so he fled. During Ramirez's sentencing in 1989, Virginia told the court: "Nights are the worst. Just 10 days later, Ramirez broke into the home of Vincent Zazzara, 64, and his wife Maxine, 44. Nickname. He then carved a T in her breast and gouged out her eyes, taking them with him in a jewellery box. But Dr. Leung's records showed that Ramirez had been getting dental work done in Los Angeles on May 30, not in El Paso. Florence Lang. Mabel Bell was born on 6 April 1902 in Kentucky, USA. Although the gun had little in the way of stopping power at a distance, a point blank shot to the head was a guaranteed kill. With Dayle Okazaki, he waited until he saw the fear in her eyes then he shot her. She was instrumental in giving a detailed description of Richard to the police. See you in Disneyland". Carol was raped. Perhaps it was identified as missing straight away: the Petition states that the grandson/great nephew had visited their home on 3rd June and found the instruction booklet for the cassette player and handed it to the police. He then carved a T in her breast and gouged out her eyes, taking them with him in a jewellery box. Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. March 17, 1985: Dayle Yoshie Okazaki, 34, was shot in the forehead. His deteriorating health manifested in his complexion. On August 24, 1985, he fled a burglary scene after house owner James Romero raised the alarm - noting the registration number of the stolen car Ramirez was driving. Those lucky enough to survive his attacks described a figure out of hell itself a slender phantom in black with rotting teeth who reeked of wet leather.
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