Ramirez left after using lipstick to draw pentagrams on. Ramirez's Satanic spree continued with Mabel Bell, 84, who he beat with a hammer before electrocuting her. Closing to a distance of two feet, he fired at her. The location also fits DeAngelos M.O. Therefore, the shoe evidence is inconclusive, and, as we state every time the shoes come up Richard was never proven to have worn such a shoe. It is not too much of a stretch of the imagination to suggest this may have been him, with the satanic aspect merely being a decoy, inspired by the Satanic Panic. He clearly heard one of them exclaim, "El matador! From Charles Manson to the Zodiac Killer, California seems to be a breeding ground for notorious psychopaths and murderers. 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. She had sustained head injuries, had two black eyes, facial bruising, a cut eyebrow and marks from the ligatures. Fortunately for Ramirez, the police arrived to take him into custody. The blood-soaked crime scene of Mabel Bell and Florence Lang's bedroom - with a lipstick pentagram visible on the wall Credit: . Although cautious, Richard Ramirez nevertheless left behind clues. His dad was prone to fits of rage which would lead to him being physically abusive. Bell was killed. Physical Evidence Rape kit taken A hammer on the dressing table covered in blood Electrical tape on the victims BELL, Mabel Close passed away July 15, 1985 in . To escape his dad's violence, Ramirez would sometimes sleep in a local cemetery. There were slimy food packages and take-out stuff around. Vincent's petrified wife, Maxine, was beaten and bound while Ramirez ransacked the house for swag. Bell was killed. Again, it was not Richards. However, there was something very confusing happening at the property. July 7, 1985: Joyce Lucille Nelson, 61, was beaten in her home. On September 20, 1989, Ramirez was found guilty of all charges: 13 murders, five attempted murders, 11 sexual assaults, and 14 burglaries. The petition states that Mikity returned two days later, making it 31st May. Though he had raped women and stolen before June 1984, the killing spree that led to him being caught took place in the greater Los Angeles area and San Francisco until August 1985. Is it possible that another serial killer could have done this? Because Mabel did not die until 15th July, there was no way of knowing whether she had digested any banana. Why? He didnt, he says. View our online Press Pack. In a Sun Valley attack, he repeatedly ordered a woman to "swear. July 20, 1985: Ramirez shot and killed Maxson Kneiding, 68, and his wife Lela, 66, in their home.Later that day, he shot and killed Chainarong Khovananth, 32, then raped his wife and son. BELL, Mabel Close passed away July 15, 1985 in Arcadia. Among the dead were 64-year-old retired accountant Vincent Zazzara shot to death in his sleep. Other victims included a six-year-old snatched from school and assaulted and a nine-year-old boy snatched from his bed and raped. Bystanders intervened and chased him away, then he attempted to carjack twice more. After two failed attempts at the ninth grade, Richard left school at 17 with no direction, a juvenile record, and reputation as a thief. Enter: Felipe Solano. Sisters Mabel Bell, 83, and Florence Lang, 81, were to become victims of that evil when they were bludgeoned with a hammer and raped. Sentenced to die in California's gas chamber, Ramirez quipped, "Big deal. Mar. Bell was killed. Richard Ramirez's victims ranged widely in terms of their age, but they were mostly women or couples. Miraculously, the small caliber bullet ricocheted off her keys. July 5, 1985: Whitney Bennett, 16, survived after being beaten with a wheel brace by Ramirez. He was never convicted of the child abductions and rapes. They both survived. Her throat was cut so deeply she was nearly decapitated. Ramirez's first murder victim was a child. Ramirez tormented California between 1984 and 1985, breaking into family homes in the dead of night in random attacks to carry out sick sexual fantasies. 22-year-old Maria Hernandez was shot at but survived. On August 24, 1985: Bill Carns was shot but survived and his fiance, Inez Erickson, was raped. Although Florence Lang survived, she remained unable to communicate and died on 7th August* (see below for more on this). Here, we look at who he was and the crimes he committed. The more sadistic, depraved, and violent his acts, the more his evil master would smile on him and protect him. For over two decades, authorities assumed the Night Stalker murders began in June of 1984 with the slaying of 79-year-old Jennie Vincow. I can still hear (my young daughters) screams of terror, 'Mommy, please dont die'.". The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. I believe in the devil and I believe in evil, he says. As mentioned before, it was not a killers trademark that linked it to another attack in the valleys. Mar. Yet, Ramirez's brand of Satanism was a far cry from LaVey's theatrical atheism. . In his teens, Ramirez began taking LSD, developed an obsession with Satanism and embarked in a string of petty crimes. Both women initially survived, but Bell then passed. With the description and evidence Ramirez left at the scene, police now knew the identity of their serial killer, and issued a mugshot of Ramirez to the press. May 29, 1985: Mabel "Ma" Bell, 83, and her disabled sister, Florence "Nettie" Lang, 81, were both bound and bludgeoned. At last, he slashed her throat with such ferocity that he nearly decapitated her. Moments later, the killer - known as the Night Stalker - walked into Marias apartment and shot her flatmate, Dayle Okazaki, between the eyes. I'll see you in Disneyland. They were found in a. On September 20, 1989, Ramirez was found guilty of all charges and sentenced to death. A bloody shoe print was found on a blanket in her room, matching the previous prints. Searching for a house to rob, he settled on a shabby, pink apartment building. Sophie Dickman was held at gunpoint and Richard attempted to rape her. Vincow had moved to Los Angeles from Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, just three years prior at the request of her son Jack, a recently unemployed pharmacist, who was concerned for her health. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. This was just one of the many horrific crimes committed by Richard Ramirez, a serial killer and rapist who became known as The Night Stalker. He also drew a pentagram on Lang and multiple other locations inside the home. The terrified young woman instinctively raised her hands. The sisters lived right at the bottom of the mountain trails. When silence fell, she cautiously raised her head - only to see Ramirez pointing a gun in her face before pulling the trigger. He didnt, he says. This time, he left a clear footprint in the earth outside the window. Striking in the dead of night, Ramirez killed indiscriminately. 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. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. Moments later, the killer - known as the Night Stalker - walked into Marias apartment and shot her flatmate, Dayle Okazaki, between the eyes. Mar. They were found in a comatose state and Mabel died. It's an incredible act of generosity towards a man who committed so much evil - and ruined so many lives. But his victims never escaped the trauma of his crimes. He then raped her disabled sister Florence Lang, 81, and drew a lipstick pentagram. A few weeks later, Jennie Vincow, 79, was found dead in her apartment. Soon, he started using LSD, mushrooms, and peyote and believed he was developing a personal rapport with Satan. At 15 he moved to Los Angeles where one of his older brothers introduced him to burglary and cocaine, paying for the drug by selling stolen goods. So, for one last time Avias. May 29, 1985: Mabel "Ma" Bell, 83, and her disabled sister, Florence "Nettie" Lang, 81, were both bound and bludgeoned. In his teens, Ramirez began taking LSD, developed an obsession with Satanism and embarked in a string of petty crimes. Here, we look at who he was and the crimes he committed. He would, in most cases, commit his murders in the victims' homes and then steal their jewellery and valuables. 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. Among the first was a single fingerprint left on a window screen belonging to victim Jennie Vincow. Not many people believed that, because wed never encountered anybody like that in criminal history.. Therefore, he was still in the frame for this attack. In 2013, after 23 years on death row, Ramirez died from cancer, at the age of 53. He stabbed her as she slept, with cops saying he slashed her throat so deeply that Jennie was nearly decapitated when they found her. Sisters Mabel Bell, age 83, and Florence Lang, 81, came face-to-face with evil on May 29, 1985. Desperate for escape, he attempted to carjack Manuela Villanueva while she waited for her boyfriend, Carmello Robles, outside a bakery. Carol was raped. 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. An 83-year-old Burbank woman is sexually assaulted on May 30, 1985. DeAngelo apparently used to snack at the crime scene (the banana and the can of drink) and he would place objects on the victims so that he could hear them if they tried to move. 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. Two months after his first taste of murder, Ramirez began a catalogue of violence which terrified the nation for over a year. He slapped the top of her car so she would turn around and see him. Maxine Zazzara had her eyes gouged out. Ramirez disposed of his Avias and headed back to L.A. On the night of May 29, 1985, Ramirez drove a stolen Mercedes-Benz to Monrovia and stopped at the house of Mabel "Ma" Bell, 83, and her sister Florence "Nettie" Lang, 81.Finding a hammer in the kitchen, he bludgeoned and bound the invalid Lang in her bedroom, then bound and bludgeoned Bell before using an electrical cord to electrically shock the To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. As recounted in Night Stalker: A Shocking Story of Satanism, Sex, and Serial Murders, by Clifford Linedecker, Richard's late night breaking and entering landed him in a youth camp for juvenile delinquents. In the same year as the shooting, Ramirez moved in with his sister Ruth and her husband Roberto an obsessive peeping Tom who took Ramirez along with him during his sick nighttime stalking. RICHARD Ramirez was dubbed the "Night Stalker" - a notorious serial killer from California. He then raped her disabled sister Florence Lang, 81, and drew a lipstick pentagram a five-pointed star associated with Satanism on her thigh and the bedroom wall. Bell was killed. July 2, 1985: Mary Louise Cannon was stabbed repeatedly and died. Now the trunk was closed. With each murder, the Night Stalker became bolder. The second would be his undoing. 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. Just 40 minutes later, motorist Tsai-Lian Yu, 30, was stopped, dragged from her car and shot in the chest. Florence Lang, 80, Bell's invalid sister, also of Monrovia, beaten but survived, on May 29, 1985. 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. July 5, 1985----Whitney Bennett, 16, Sierra Madre. In 1973, 12-year-old Richard watched his cousin murder his wife with a .38-caliber pistol. I recognised it immediately as the same footprint to the one lifted at the Zazarra crime scene, says Gil. Aug. 6, 1985: Ramirez shot both Christopher Petersen, 38, and his wife, Virginia, 27, in the head. It was also during his teens that Ramirez started taking LSD and sniffing glue, while also developing an unsettling obsession with Satanism. Patiently waiting for her to move from her hiding place below a kitchen counter, Ramirez killed her with a single shot to the head. She had four to five-inch-long cuts down her ribs and a blistered burn mark below her right breast. Of course, Richard also went to the dentist the following day making him a very busy man indeed. Unable to pry the screen off, Ramirez removed his gloves to make the job easier. May 29, 1985: Mabel "Ma" Bell, 83, and her disabled sister, Florence "Nettie" Lang, 81, were both bound and bludgeoned. She died on 15 July 1985 in Arcadia, California, USA. Yu was pronounced dead on arrival at a nearby hospital. In a final touch of depravity, Ramirez gouged out her eyes, placed them in a jewelry box, and claimed them as a grotesque trophy. August 18, 1985: Peter and Barbara Pan were both killed and Barbara was raped. It was a sad sight to see. Brandishing a razor-sharp hunting knife, he viciously stabbed the elderly woman, bringing the blade down again and again with the fury of a man possessed. (The table placed on Florence Langs chest). But his true trail of horror began in 1984, when he was 28, with the murder of nine-year old Mei Leung who he raped and stabbed before hanging her body from a pipe in the basement of an LA hotel. At 15, Richard managed to get a job cleaning rooms and carrying luggage at a hotel. The defence should have challenged the pentagram because, taken in isolation, it did not connect Richard to the crime. May 29, 1985, he entered the home of 83 year-old, Mabel Bell and her disabled sister, Florence Lang, age 81, he picked a hammer. Family (1) Relatives Mabel Bell (sibling) See also. Her captor raped her repeatedly before driving her to a local petrol station and letting her go. 17, 1985: On March 17, 1985, Ramrez shot 20-year old Mara Hernndez before shooting Dayle Okazaki, age 34, dead. He put it to immediate use by burglarizing rooms. Just 10 days later, Ramirez broke into the home of Vincent Zazzara, 64, and his wife Maxine, 44. Slipping through the open window, he carefully searched the apartment. Contribute to this page. Mabel died on 15 th July; the coroner ruled that she had been attacked with a hammer. The devil-worshipping monster would draw satanic symbols before leaving crime scenes and collected trophies from his victims in one case he cut out a woman's eyes who'd angered him and kept them in a jewellery box. He ran and tried to steal two other cars, but his pursuers caught up with him and beat him until cops turned up and cuffed him. May 14, 1985: Bill Doi was fatally shot and Lillian Doi was raped. The next day, he broke into the home of Carol Kyle, 41, who he repeatedly raped before leaving her handcuffed to her 11-year-old son. he would choose homes next to the wilderness, so he could make a quick getaway. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click here. This risked contaminating the crime scene. There were also palm prints found around the bedroom door and around the window sill not Richards. Ma; Related news. An eight-year-old had been taken from her bed, driven to a construction site and sexually assaulted. Lucky to be alive, Hernandez slumped to the floor and played dead. 'Night Stalker' Richard Ramirez was chased down by civilians who recognised him, leading to his arrest, Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). After slashing the throat of Mary Louise Cannon, 75, on July 2, 1985 he broke into the bedroom of 16-year-old Whitney Bennett. I say prayers a night and I list people. This was unusual, as he went past the house every day and had never seen the garage open. She survived. A bloody shoe print was found on a blanket in her room, matching the previous prints. The butchering of Jennie unleashed Ramirez's insatiable blood-lust that would drive him to kill again and again. After mortally injuring Bill by beating him unconscious, he put Lillian in thumbcuffs metal manacles that lock round your thumbs and raped her. Ramirez, however, kept an eye on the local media. Mabel Bells diary had been filled in for the 29th. He shot Vincent dead before raping Maxine several times and stabbing her. Six days after his last sickening crime, Ramirez attempted a carjacking in LA but locals recognised him, chased him and beat him until cops arrived. 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. As he pulled the trigger the terrified 20-year-old put her hands to her face and, miraculously, the bullet ricocheted off her keys, saving her life. Bottom: Lisa DiMeo, Document 7-20. Her terrified housemate, Dayle Okazaki, hid behind a counter when she saw Ramirez coming into the kitchen after killing Maria. There is a possibility that he made a mistake in saying he was there on 31st May and that he returned on 1st June, as that is when the sisters were discovered. This means you may never have to read about these shoes again. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. Other Works | Publicity Listings | Official Sites. 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. Richard became more withdrawn and began getting into trouble at school. Her throat was slashed so severely she was almost decapitated before being sexually assaulted. Mabel died on 15th July; the coroner ruled that she had been attacked with a hammer. She was instrumental in giving a detailed description of Richard to the police. He was a 25-year-old drifter from El Paso, Texas, named Richard Ramirez. He made two more attempts at carjacking. Lastly, the pentagram. 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. While stopped at redlight, Ramirez entered Yu's vehicle from the passenger side. At age 13, Richard, unable to cope with his father's abuse, moved in with his older sister Ruth and her husband Roberto Avala. The new Netflix documentary, Night Stalker, which launches on Wednesday, tells the story of the 1985 manhunt, which resulted in Ramirez being jailed for 13 murders, five attempted murders, 11 sexual assaults and 14 burglaries. The Night Stalker received thousands of letters from the curious and the lovelorn. Yet, his dark thoughts inspired guilt born of his religion. Surgeons were able to save Bill's life, pulling two of the bullets out of his head, and Inez gave investigators a detailed physical description of her attacker. Brandishing a heavy, iron bar, Manuel struck Ramirez in the head. Or even one of Solanos burglar friends attempting to stitch Richard up. Just 40 minutes later, motorist Tsai-Lian Yu, 30, was stopped, dragged from her car and shot in the chest. The sisters were discovered by Charles Valenzuela, who worked on their property. July 20, 1985: Ramirez shot and killed Maxson Kneiding, 68, and his wife Lela, 66, in their home.Later that day, he shot and killed Chainarong Khovananth, 32, then raped his wife and son. He never told his parents he had witnessed the killing. "You controlled who lived and who died you were God." He said she was still unable to speak and was on a feeding tube. Suffering from liver failure, Ramirez, who had become increasingly reclusive in his final years, was transported from San Quentin State Prison to Marin General Hospital. His first criminal acts involved stealing from sleeping guests in the Holiday Inn where he worked, but one day he went further. Dayle Okazakis murder on March 17, 1985, nine months after Jennie's death, marked the start of a killing spree which left Los Angeles quaking with fear. He attacks Lang with a hammer, binds her in the bedroom, and then binds . document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); A hammer on the dressing table covered in blood, Fabric marks on the clock and the telephone. 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. Mabel Bell was born on April 6, 1902 in Kentucky, USA. May 29, 1985: Mabel "Ma" Bell, 83, and her disabled sister, Florence "Nettie" Lang, 81, were both bound and bludgeoned. He shot Vincent dead before raping Maxine several times and stabbing her. June 28, 1984: Jennie Vincow, 79, was stabbed repeatedly and her throat was slashed so severely she was almost decapitated. During Ramirez's sentencing in 1989, Virginia told the court: "Nights are the worst. Florence Lang. Her captor raped her repeatedly before driving her to a local petrol station and letting her go. Though he had raped women and stolen before June 1984, the killing spree that led to him being caught took place in the greater Los Angeles area and San Francisco until August 1985.