SERIAL KILLER: Richard Ramirez
In the summer of 1985, Richard Ramirez terrorized Los Angeles County and surrounding areas, killing thirteen people and attacking many more before a single fingerprint and a community of residents brought him to a halt. Convicted in 1989, Ramirez died in 2013 without providing investigators a full accounting of his attacks, and the true number of victims he claimed across California and beyond remains uncertified. The case exposed critical failures in cross-jurisdictional coordination that California has worked to address, but the families of victims never received the complete answers they…
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