His friends back home were stunned to hear Richie was the Night Stalker. The Department of Justice had 16 million fingerprints in master files, all in hard copy. But childhood was not without dangers. Beberapa korban kemudian, pada 20 Juli 1985, Ramirez menembak dan membunuh Chainarong Khovananth, . "I think my dad even brought out a gun he used to keep locked up.". "We know who you are now, and soon everyone else will. Khovananth was buried with a deck of playing cards at his side, relatives said. On July 7, 1985, Ramirez returned to Monterey Park to burglarize the home of 61-year-old Joyce Lucille Nelson. Hernandez, who had run around to the front of the complex, saw him as he let himself out through the front door. He was the fifth and last child of Julian and Mercedes Ramirez. Chainarong died immediately. He shot the sleeping Chainarong Khovananth in the head with a .25 caliber handgun, killing him instantly, then repeatedly raped and beat Somkid Khovananth. His fathers temper was so volatile he even took his rage out on himself, once banging his own head with a hammer until he bled. Birth of Chainarong Khovananth Date of Birth: October 24, 1952 Day of Birth: Friday Zodiac / Star Sign: Scorpio (scorpio) Place of birth: (unknown) Birth Anniversary: in 328 days Time since birth: 25604 days = 70 years Find a funeral services Death of Chainarong Khovananth Date of Death: July 0, 1985 Died at Age: 32 years Day of Death: Monday On Aug. 6, 1985, Ramirez drove to Northridge and broke into the home of Chris and Virginia Peterson. Los Angeles quickly proved to be the perfect playground for a serial killer. On the night of May 14, Ramirez stole a car from downtown andhaving sold the revolver on the street and acquired a .22 automaticdrove back to Monterey Park, not caring that people might be on their guard after multiple murders in the area. But though he pointed his gun in her direction, he just walkedback to his car and drove off into thenight, leavingtheAC/DCcap he had been wearing somewhere at the scene. Still on the couch, Zazzara was fatally shot in the head. Yu opened it and demanded to know why hehad been following her. The husband died by a bullet through his head. Maxon andLela Kneiding, both in their 60s, were killed in their beds July 20. As was the case at Hernandez and Okazaki's place, where nothing had been taken, Yu hadn't been robbed. He was photographed and fingerprinted and spent six months in jail. On Aug. 6, Chris and Virginia Peterson. Ramirez immediately killed Chainarong Khovananth with a gunshot to the head. July 20, 1985: Chainarong Khovananth+, 32, Somkid Khovananth* (2) August 5, 1985: Christopher Peterson^, Virginia Peterson^ (2) August 8, 1985: Elyas Abowath+, 35, Sakina Abowath* (2) August 17, 1985: Barbra Pan*, Peter Pan+ (2) August 24, 1985: William Carns^, Inez Erickson* (2) (Raped/sexually assaulted*) (killed+) (attempted murder^) During a time when satanic panic was at its peak, the seemingly devilish crime wave that hit Los Angeles in the mid-1980s was especially terrifying. Relatives & associates include Kevin Khovananth, Kimberly Khovananth and Fred Riscen.Somkid Khovananth's phone number is (702) 896-9733. On Sept. 20, 1989 after 50 days of testimony and 165 witnesses, Richard Ramirez was found guilty. By then, more than just Carrillo were convinced they hadone sexual sadiston their hands. The killer left the woman on the couch and moved to where her husband slept. August 8, 1985: Sakina and Elyas Abowath were both attacked, with Elyas fatally shot and Sakina raped. On Aug. 7, 2006, his first round of State appeals ended unsuccessfully when the California Supreme Court upheld his convictions and death sentence. He was born in El Paso, Texas on February 29th, 1960. But their captain thought enough to assemble a small task force, with veteran detective Salerno leading the team. But despite her sickness, she gave birth to a lovely and seemingly happy child. Edit your search or learn more U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 Court, Governmental & Criminal Records One of the reasons whyAmerican Horror Storyremainsmust-watch terrifying TV is the way in which it craftily utilizes real-life figures in its otherwise fantastical story plots, from making the Black Dahlia, Elizabeth Short, one of theunfortunate victims to pass through the Murder House to the banquet of ghostly serial killersconvening at the Hotel Cortez in season six. @nightprowlerr . Hours later, Chainarong Khovananth was shot dead in his bed while his wife Somkid was raped and beaten, but she and their 8-year-old son survived. He shot the sleeping Chainarong Khovananth in the head with a .25 caliber handgun, killing him instantly, then repeatedly raped Somkid Khovananth, beating and sodomizing her. He then repeatedly raped Somkid Khovananth, beating and sodomizing her. The media dubbed him . Within a few days, the tests came back confirming what Detective Salerno and his partner Detective Gil Carrillo, the men assigned to the case, feared most they had a serial killer on their hands. His father Julian, a Mexican national and former Ciudad Jurez policeman who later became a laborer on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, was prone to fits of anger that often resulted in physical abuse. His grin, even as he was led into and out of court in handcuffs, remains chilling to this day. Bell was unable to recover from her injuries and died. He was previously married to Somkid Khovananth. The judge who upheld his 13 death sentences remarked that Ramirezs deeds exhibited cruelty, callousness, and viciousness beyond any human understanding. On Sept. 7, 2006, the California Supreme Court denied his request for a rehearing. In El Paso, the police discovered three hundred and seventy five pieces of jewelry Ramirez had stolen from his victims and then sent to his family. And again, he left shoe prints behind from his Avia sneakers, making Detectives wonder if he was baiting them. All he ended up taking was a small radio. Because of this bizarre and random behavior it was nearly impossible for police to predict his next move and capture him. It was the 13th Night Stalker murder and the police were nowhere closer to catching him. By 1983, his life had become a downward spiral of drugs, porn, prostitutes, and crime. Veronica Yu, however, noticed that a man in a Toyota appeared to be following her and pulled over to see if he would pass her. He also left behind footprints from a pair of Avia sneakers in the flower beds, which the police photographed and cast. Ramirez told the terrified woman that he was The Night Stalker and forced her to swear she loved Satan as he beat her with his fists and bound her with neckties from the closet. Not loaded, because their grandchildren had recently visited and Vincent had removed the shells. He was born the youngest of five children to Julian and Mercedes Ramirez. In May 1985, 56-year-old Lillian Doi, who was raped by Ramirez and whose husband, Bill, was murdered during the home invasion, told police the suspect had bad teeth. He bound the couple's terrified 8-year-old son before dragging Somkid around the house to reveal the location of any valuable items, which he stole. He had a deep need to fulfill his lust for killing. On Aug. 24,James Romero, Jr.was woken up by his 13-year-old son,James III, who thought heheard someone in their backyard in Mission Viejo, and was able to give police the make and model of the car they saw driving away, as well as partial license plate number. But theyve hit a snag, Rain check! Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer is now streaming on Netflix. On May 29, 1985, in Monrovia, Calif., he bludgeoned83-year-old Mabel Bell to death with a hammer and beat and raped her disabled 81-year-old sister, Florence Lang, who later died of her injuries. Whitney Bennett, 16,survived being beaten with a tire iron on July 5. Women he raped who survived recalled him demanding that they declare their love for Satan. Surprising Doi in his bedroom, The Night Stalker shot him in the face as Doi went for his own handgun. The Night Stalkers reign of terror officially began on July 27, 1984, in Glassell Park, a small community north east of Los Angeles. The murder took place about 4 a.m. Aug. 8. Mercedes was a devote Catholic. At the morgue, the police discovered a key piece of evidence in the form of a fingerprint. And he saw her. Check out the hottest fashion, photos, movies and TV shows! At approximately 4:15 am, he broke into the home of the Khovananth family. Between the months of June, 1984 to August, 1985, Richard Ramirez terrorized the Los Angeles area with his murderous crimes, including multiple home invasions, resulting in the deaths of sixteen people. A year later in 1978, he left El Paso for Los Angeles where he turned his fantasies into horrifying realities. And then he shot her in the side, under her right arm. The womans husband, who had gone to park the car, caught Ramirez in the act of raping his wife and beat him within an inch of his life. Ramirez, who was an avowed Satanist, never expressed any remorse for his crimes. Another man had seenthestruggle go down from his bedroom balcony facing the street and called police. The Night Stalker finally had a face the public could fear and despise, but also identify. Your source for entertainment news, celebrities, celeb news, and celebrity gossip. He cruised around a few neighborhoods nearby before doubling back to Monterey Park. He was startled to see sparks emanate from the cord, and when his victim began to breathe, he fled the house believing that Jesus Christ had intervened and saved her. When it was all done, he calmly ransacked the house for valuables, walked out the front door and vanished once more into the night. As he was leaving, Ramirez instructed her to "tell them the Night Stalker was here.". He startled 27-year-old Virginia before shooting her in the face. He lived on month day 1996, at address. ), "I mean, I just hate it," AHS:1984 costar Angelica Ross told Cinema Blend in 2019. Like some of the victims, Eva did not associate Richard with the Night Stalker crimes until she saw him in the papers, because the media was falsely insisting that all victims had seen a man with brown curly hair and bad teeth, when in fact, it was only Somkid Khovananth. Even James Romero III, who testified at Ramirez's preliminary hearing, was haunted long into adulthood. On the freeway, he spotted a young woman driving a gold Camaro. He pried open windows, forcing his way in or in some cases trying the front door to find it unlocked. He gouged out Maxines eyes and placed them in a jewelry box he took with him as a souvenir. An assailant stalked through that garden around 6 a.m. July 20, entering the house and fatally shooting Khovananth. Ramirez spent almost 24 years on death row before dying of cancer in 2013 at the age of 53, having told reporters after a jury handed down his punishment, "Big deal. Hehad noticeably bad teeth, the ones he still had rotting away. 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