‘Night Stalker’ serial killer Richard Ramirez dies
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Convicted serial killer Richard Ramirez, known as the “Night Stalker,” has died in prison, the Associated Press is reporting.
San Quentin State Prison spokesman Lt. Sam Robinson told the AP that Ramirez died this morning.
Ramirez was convicted of 13 murders that terrorized Southern California in 1984 and ‘85, and was sentenced to death.
Ramirez was captured in 1985 by residents of an East Los Angeles neighborhood while attempting a carjacking.
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