Richard Ramirez

Also known as Night Stalker, The Night Stalker

American serial killer (1960–2013)

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From Shame to Glory
Adventure in Coney Island Rides
Walking with GOD
Amor Descendi�
Las Estaciones Pueden Cambiar pero en la Primavera Crecemos

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Type: Group
Origin: Italy

Discography

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Total plays: 32,495

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The Measurement of Observer Agreement for Categorical Data
· 1977 · cited 61,810x
The Sequence Alignment/Map format and SAMtools
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Fast and accurate short read alignment with Burrows–Wheeler transform
· 2009 · cited 46,845x
ImageNet: A large-scale hierarchical image database
· 2009 · cited 46,293x
Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 41,751x

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Quotes

“Big deal. Death always went with the territory. See you in Disneyland.”
“Serial killers do, on a small scale, what governments do on a large one. They are a product of the times and these are bloodthirsty times. Even psychopaths have emotions if you dig deep enough. Then again, maybe they don't.”
“"Violent delights tend to have violent ends." Richard Ramirez the Night Stalker - Crimes Lab”

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Key facts

Born: Ricardo Leyva Muñoz Ramirez , ( 1960-02-29 ) February 29, 1960 , El Paso, Texas , U.S.
Died: June 7, 2013 (2013-06-07) (aged 53), Greenbrae, California , U.S.
Other names: The Night Stalker The Walk-In Killer The Valley Intruder
Criminal status: Deceased
Spouse: Doreen Lioy ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. October 3, 1996</span>"}]]}'>1996 , separated )
Motive: Unclear
Convictions: First-degree murder (12 counts) Second-degree murder Attempted murder (5 counts) Rape (11 counts) First-degree burglary (14 counts)
Criminal penalty: Death
Victims: 15+
Span of crimes: April 10, 1984 – August 24, 1985
Country: United States
State: California
Date apprehended: August 31, 1985

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Image: Richard Ramirez 1984 mug shot.jpg

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Commons category: Richard Ramirez
date of birth: 1960-02-29
date of death: 2013-06-07
name in native language: Richard Ramirez

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Ricardo Leyva Muñoz Ramirez (/rəˈmɪərɛz/; February 29, 1960 – June 7, 2013), better known as Richard Ramirez, was an American serial killer, sex offender and burglar whose killing spree occurred in Greater Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area in the state of California. From April 1984 to August 1985, Ramirez murdered at least fifteen people during various break-ins. With his crimes usually taking place after dark, Ramirez was dubbed the Night Stalker, the Walk-In Killer, and the Valley Intruder. He was convicted and sentenced to death in 1989 and died while awaiting execution in 2013.

Ramirez's crimes were heavily influenced by a troubled childhood. Frequently abused by his father, he developed brain damage and started abusing drugs at the age of 10. He began developing interests in the macabre in his early and mid-teens from his older cousin, a Vietnam War veteran with schizophrenia and PTSD, who extensively bragged about the war crimes he had committed, and who killed his wife in front of Ramirez when Ramirez was 15. Ramirez learned military skills from him that he later employed during his killing spree. He cultivated a strong interest in Satanism and the occult. By the time he had left his home in Texas and moved to California at the age of 22, Ramirez frequently used cocaine. He often committed burglaries to support his drug addiction, many of which were later frequently accompanied by murders, attempted murders, rapes, attempted rapes and battery.