Link (http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/calif-serial-killer-richard-ramirez-dies-19349065#.UbIOctiwXXs)

California corrections officials say convicted serial killer Richard Ramirez, known as the Night Stalker, has died.

San Quentin State Prison spokesman Lt. Sam Robinson says Ramirez died Friday morning. He had recently been taken from death row to a hospital.

Ramirez was convicted of 13 murders that terrorized Southern California in 1984 and '85, and sentenced to death.

Satanic symbols were left at murder scenes and some victims were forced to "swear to Satan" by the killer, who entered homes through unlocked windows and doors.

Ramirez was captured and beaten in 1985 by residents of an East Los Angeles neighborhood while attempting a carjacking.

Good. The City of Angels (where I live) can rest easy now.

I was about to come on here to post this lol... I didnt know this but an article i read said he's an El Paso, TX native (which is where I'm from). I never knew this. I always thought he was from Cali

Good riddance.

Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy; may he burn in hell for all eternity!

Man, this was crazy to hear this morning. This one is a weird ending for me, because of his SoCal connection. We've discussed him at times over the years on this board, and I had shared that I was living in OC at the time and his lone Orange County attack was two blocks from my house. Always left my family with an eerie feeling over the years. In fact, there's a compelling article on the male victim from that attack from last year.

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/billy-372815-carns-ramirez.html

Night Stalker's just one of those "scary" guys you remember from childhood if you lived in the L.A. area.

RIH (Rest in Hell), Richard Ramirez.

He should've been executed but dead is dead! Good riddance!

Any word on cause of death? Now if they could only find the ons/ear

Any word on cause of death?

Liver failure.

Link (http://www.sfgate.com/news/texas/article/Calif-serial-killer-Richard-Ramirez-dies-4586816.php#ixzz2VYkya2u1)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Richard Ramirez, the demonic serial killer who left satantic signs at murder scenes and mutilated victims' bodies during a reign of terror in the 1980s, died early Friday in a hospital, a prison official said.

Ramirez, 53, had been taken from San Quentin's death row to a hospital where authorities said he died of liver failure.

He had been housed on death row for decades and was awaiting execution, even though it has been years since anyone has been put to death in California.

At his first court appearance, Ramirez raised a hand with a pentagram drawn on it and yelled, "Hail, Satan."

His marathon trial, which ended in 1989, was a horror show in which jurors heard about one victim's eyes being gouged out and another's head being nearly severed. Courtroom observers wept when survivors of some of the attacks testified.

Ramirez was convicted of 13 murders that terrorized Southern California in 1984 and 1985 as well as charges of rape, sodomy, oral copulation, burglary and attempted murder.

Satanic symbols were left at murder scenes and some victims were forced to "swear to Satan" by the killer, who entered homes through unlocked windows and doors.

Ramirez was finally run down and beaten in 1985 by residents of an East Los Angeles neighborhood while attempting a carjacking. They recognized him because his picture had appeared that day in the news media.

The trial of Ramirez took a year, but the entire case which was bogged down in pretrial motions and appeals lasted four years, one of the longest criminal cases in U.S. history.

Because of the notoriety of the case, more than 1600 prospective jurors were called.

After his conviction, Ramirez flashed a two-fingered "devil sign" to photographers and muttered a single word: "Evil."

On his way to a jail bus, he sneered in reaction to the verdict, muttering: "Big deal. Death always went with the territory. See you in Disneyland."

The black-clad killer, unrepentant to the end, made his comment in an underground garage after a jury recommended the death penalty for his gruesome crimes.

Inexplicably, Ramirez, a native of El Paso, Texas, had a following of young women admirers who came to the courtroom regularly and sent him love notes.

Some visited him in prison, and in 1996 Ramirez was married to 41-year-old freelance magazine editor Doreen Lioy in a visiting room at San Quentin prison.

Relatives called Lioy a recluse who lived in a fantasy world.

In 2006, the California Supreme Court upheld Ramirez's convictions and death sentence. The U.S. Supreme Court refused in 2007 to review the convictions and sentence.

Two years later, San Francisco police said DNA linked Ramirez to the April 10, 1984, killing of 9-year-old Mei Leung. She was killed in the basement of a residential hotel in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood where she lived with her family.

Ramirez had been staying at nearby hotels.

Ramirez previously was tied to killings in Northern California. He was charged in the shooting deaths of Peter Pan, 66, and his wife, Barbara, in 1985 just before his arrest in Los Angeles, but he was never tried in that case.

Liver failure??

Did he drink too much prison wine or something??

Liver failure??

Did he drink too much prison wine or something??

There are other causes, take your pick:

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/liver-failure/DS00961/DSECTION=causes

Acute liver failure occurs when liver cells are damaged significantly and no longer able to function. Acute liver failure has many potential causes, including:

Acetaminophen overdose. Taking too much acetaminophen (Tylenol, others) is the most common cause of acute liver failure in the United States. Acute liver failure can occur if you take a very large dose of acetaminophen all at once, or it can occur if you take higher-than-recommended doses every day for several days, especially in people with chronic liver disease.

Prescription medications. Some prescription medications, including antibiotics, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and anticonvulsants, can cause acute liver failure.

Herbal supplements. Herbal drugs and supplements, including kava, ephedra, skullcap and pennyroyal, have been linked to acute liver failure.

Hepatitis and other viruses. Hepatitis A, hepatitis B and hepatitis E can cause acute liver failure. Other viruses that can cause acute liver failure include Epstein-Barr virus, cytomegalovirus and herpes simplex virus.

Toxins. Toxins that can cause acute liver failure include the poisonous wild mushroom Amanita phalloides, which is sometimes mistaken for edible species.

Autoimmune disease. Liver failure can be caused by autoimmune hepatitis — a disease in which your immune system attacks liver cells, causing inflammation and injury.

Diseases of the veins in the liver. Vascular diseases, such as Budd-Chiari syndrome, can cause blockages to form in the veins of the liver and lead to acute liver failure.

Metabolic disease. Rare metabolic diseases, such as Wilson's disease and acute fatty liver of pregnancy, infrequently cause acute liver failure.

Cancer. Cancer that begins in your liver or cancer that spreads to your liver from other places in your body can cause your liver to fail.

Many cases of acute liver failure have no apparent cause.

Ramirez was convicted of 13 murders that terrorized Southern California in 1984 and '85, and sentenced to death.

This fool was on death row since 1985 (28 years.) Damn, California is SLOW with its executions. But liver failure had to be more painful and I'd imagine it was a lingering death. Karma got Richard Ramirez. Better he should die from a painful disease than a peaceful, painless needle in the arm.

Excellent job, Karma. :)

There are other causes, take your pick:

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/liver-failure/DS00961/DSECTION=causes

Acute liver failure occurs when liver cells are damaged significantly and no longer able to function. Acute liver failure has many potential causes, including:

Acetaminophen overdose. Taking too much acetaminophen (Tylenol, others) is the most common cause of acute liver failure in the United States. Acute liver failure can occur if you take a very large dose of acetaminophen all at once, or it can occur if you take higher-than-recommended doses every day for several days, especially in people with chronic liver disease.

Prescription medications. Some prescription medications, including antibiotics, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and anticonvulsants, can cause acute liver failure.

Herbal supplements. Herbal drugs and supplements, including kava, ephedra, skullcap and pennyroyal, have been linked to acute liver failure.

Hepatitis and other viruses. Hepatitis A, hepatitis B and hepatitis E can cause acute liver failure. Other viruses that can cause acute liver failure include Epstein-Barr virus, cytomegalovirus and herpes simplex virus.

Toxins. Toxins that can cause acute liver failure include the poisonous wild mushroom Amanita phalloides, which is sometimes mistaken for edible species.

Autoimmune disease. Liver failure can be caused by autoimmune hepatitis — a disease in which your immune system attacks liver cells, causing inflammation and injury.

Diseases of the veins in the liver. Vascular diseases, such as Budd-Chiari syndrome, can cause blockages to form in the veins of the liver and lead to acute liver failure.

Metabolic disease. Rare metabolic diseases, such as Wilson's disease and acute fatty liver of pregnancy, infrequently cause acute liver failure.

Cancer. Cancer that begins in your liver or cancer that spreads to your liver from other places in your body can cause your liver to fail.

Many cases of acute liver failure have no apparent cause.

Glad he's gone & that he can't hurt anyone else.

Here's a little personal info about liver failure.
My dad died from cancer that had spread to his liver & caused it to fail. It's a very horrible way to go. He was so swollen that they would drain liters of fluid from him twice a week. His skin & the whites of his eyes turned yellow-orange, he couldn't eat or drink or go to the bathroom. And at the very end he was having terrible hallucinations & the nurses had to strap him down. He didn't even know who we were. I wouldn't wish this on anyone.

This fool was on death row since 1985 (28 years.) Damn, California is SLOW with its executions. But liver failure had to be more painful and I'd imagine it was a lingering death. Karma got Richard Ramirez. Better he should die from a painful disease than a peaceful, painless needle in the arm.

Excellent job, Karma. :)

I agree he suffered more with LF than a LI!

Zoneboy, that article didn't say acute or chronic. He would've suffered more with chronic LF!

Zoneboy, that article didn't say acute or chronic. He would've suffered more with chronic LF!

I only posted the article, I have no control over the content.

He would've suffered more with chronic
Then let's hope it was chronic. :)

Well this news certainly perked up a bad day! I think the world is a better place without this maggot.

Here's a question pertaining to Ramirez and the segment about him on UM. Did they ever find the gentleman who contributed information to capturing Ramirez, or at least his heirs for the reward? That man certainly deserved that reward money for capturing Ramirez and did a great service for the residents of Southern California.

Here's a question pertaining to Ramirez and the segment about him on UM. Did they ever find the gentleman who contributed information to capturing Ramirez, or at least his heirs for the reward? That man certainly deserved that reward money for capturing Ramirez and did a great service for the residents of Southern California.
I thought an entire neighborhood beat up Ramirez in the street and that they (not just one person) but the entire neighborhood brought him down.

I thought an entire neighborhood beat up Ramirez in the street and that they (not just one person) but the entire neighborhood brought him down.
I believe the Dutchman is referring to the man who told police the Night Stalker's identity, not the people who beat him up and caused him to be captured. :) There was a segment devoted to trying to find this informant, Alejandro Espinoza. He has never been located.

Glad he's dead. Although I never heard anything that he was ill in anyway, and being that he was only 53, it was a shock to read that he died. It was ridiculous that he'd been on death row for so long. I wonder how long he would have been on death row if he didn't die.

I only posted the article, I have no control over the content.

I just wonder what caused it. Did he OD on pills or drugs or was it chronic?

I just wonder what caused it. Did he OD on pills or drugs or was it chronic?

What difference does it make? Dead is dead.

What difference does it make? Dead is dead.

Because it explains the cause of death.

Because it explains the cause of death.

Liver failure is good enough for me, I don't care if it was acute or chronic.

Liver failure is good enough for me, I don't care if it was acute or chronic.

You know people are curious. That's why the press exists. I just want to know the specific event that triggered the LF.

As far as the cause of death, TMZ reported one source said natural causes but another said Hepatitis C (which could have caused liver failure I'm assuming).

As far as the cause of death, TMZ reported one source said natural causes but another said Hepatitis C (which could have caused liver failure I'm assuming).

'He looked like a highlighter pen': Night Stalker serial killer who terrorized California with a spree of satanic murders turns bright green as he dies after 24 years on death row

Self-described Satanist Richard Ramirez, 53, had shockingly green skin the day before he died

Ramirez was convicted in 1989 of 13 murders and later tied to several more and had spent decades at San Quentin prison on California's death row

His trial was a horror show in which jurors heard about one victim's eyes being gouged out and another's head being nearly severed
He earned the nickname Night Stalker


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2337867/Night-Stalker-Richard-Ramirez-He-looked-like-highlighter-pen-Serial-killer-terrorized-California-spree-satanic-murders-turns-bright-green-dies-24-years-death-row.html#ixzz2VhYpEBjT

Wow. NEVERexistd's time on this board was certainly very brief, wasn't it? 2 days. I wonder if that's a record.

Wow. NEVERexistd's time on this board was certainly very brief, wasn't it? 2 days. I wonder if that's a record.
He got banned. He was also on the account of Big3sCompanyFan.

He got banned. He was also on the account of Big3sCompanyFan.

THANK CHRIST!! I couldn't stand Big3sCompanyFan. I think his "claim to fame" was his repeated assertion that Joanne Rodgers and her daughters ask to be killed because they accepted Oba Chandler's invitation. :( I know that poster had been suspended a few times before, but it's nice to know they're permanently gone now.

:dance: :yippee: :bouncers :cheers:

I know that poster had been suspended a few times before, but it's nice to know they're permanently gone now.

:dance: :yippee: :bouncers :cheers:

Don't be too quick to celebrate, he'll probably be back with another user name just like that Cameron nut. :rolleyes:

Don't be too quick to celebrate, he'll probably be back with another user name just like that Cameron nut. :rolleyes:

LOL, you're probably right. I'm not familiar with Cameron though, who is that? Did you hear about that nut on the Bewitched forum who flooded it with "Dick York is ugly" threads? Like a page and half worth? What a crackpot.

As far as the UM forum goes, I'm pretty surprised kadrmas hasn't tried to reregister under another name.

LOL, you're probably right. I'm not familiar with Cameron though, who is that?


He's the one that tries to convince people that Kirk Cameron is one year older than he actually claims and his evidence supporting this comes from the E! True Hollywood Story. His obsession with Candace is even worse.

Thought I would share this. They had an article in the local newspaper. (Richard Ramirez was from my hometown )


http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_23414483/el-paso-relatives-night-stalker-richard-ramirez-react?source=rss_viewed

As far as the UM forum goes, I'm pretty surprised kadrmas hasn't tried to reregister under another name.

I'm surprised by this too. I think he definitely still lurks. He'll probably read this at some point.

What I'm actually even more surprised with is that Matt C hasn't tried to come back.


As far as Richard Ramirez goes, I'm not throwing a party or anything. There's nothing to be exacted by Ramirez's death. I don't take pleasure in death, no matter who it is, or if that person intentionally caused the suffering and death of a number of people.

Thanks for posting the article link, amandab.

Thank God, hopefully he died a painful death.

He said in an interview he hoped to have a place of honor in Hell next to Gacy, Bundy, and Dahmer. I wonder if he got it?

In all seriousness I guess you say good riddance. He seemed to be pure evil. Now if they could just catch the Oriignal Night Stalker

:goodnews: :jig:

Great avatar,are you a big Friday the 13th fan.