Why Night Stalker Richard Ramirez is still ‘unique’ among serial killers 40 years later

Night Stalker Richard Ramirez was caught thanks in large part to the work of Gil Carrillo (Pictures: Netflix/Getty)Richard Ramirez, the Night Stalker who terrorised Los Angeles in the mid-1980s, was ‘unique’ among modern serial killers because of his randomness and unimaginable violence.He would creep into suburban homes in the dead of night and rape, torture and kill his victims with a savage ferocity, tearing the eyeballs from some and nearly decapitating others.Unlike most serial