Good Riddance, Richard Ramirez. Night Stalker Dead at 53

[Zoneboy]

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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.

[Vahan]

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

[amandab1234]

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

[TheCars1986]

Good riddance.

[lilmissd]

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

[McFly121]

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/b...s-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.

[NEVERexistd]

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

[DALLASTEXAN!!]

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

[Zoneboy]

Originally Posted by DALLASTEXAN!!

Any word on cause of death?

Liver failure.

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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.

[NEVERexistd]

Liver failure??

Did he drink too much prison wine or something??

[Zoneboy]

Originally Posted by JesusNEVERexistd

Liver failure??

Did he drink too much prison wine or something??

There are other causes, take your pick:

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/liv...SECTION=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.

[*ROGER*]

Originally Posted by Zoneboy

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.

[AB]

Originally Posted by Zoneboy

There are other causes, take your pick:

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/liv...SECTION=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.

[NEVERexistd]

Originally Posted by *ROGER*

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]

Originally Posted by JesusNEVERexistd

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.