![]() “You don’t understand me,” he said just before being sentenced to death. We are all expendable for a cause, and no one knows that better than those who kill for policy, clandestinely or openly, as do the governments of the world which kill in the name of God and country and for whatever else they deem appropriate,” Ramirez said then. “You maggots made me sick, hypocrites one and all. 8, 1985, in his Diamond Bar home.Īt his sentencing hearing, Ramirez rocked back and forth and turned to grin at the audience, vowing that he would be “avenged.” Ramirez also killed with a hammer Mabel Close Bell, 83, of Monrovia on May 29, 1985, and Mary Louise Cannon, 75, of Arcadia, who was bludgeoned, strangled and slashed and Elyas Abowath, 35, who was shot to death Aug. He killed three people in Monterey Park, including Tsai-Lian Yu, 30, who was dragged from her car and shot repeatedly on MaWilliam Doi, 66, who was shot in his home on and Joyce Lucille Nelson, 60, who was beaten to death inside her home on July 7, 1985. ![]() Just over a year after being caught on the street by a group of angry East Los Angeles residents, the former drifter from El Paso called a guard over to his jail cell and showed photographs of two of the murder victims.īesides the West Whittier victims, Ramirez was convicted of the March 17, 1985, murder of Dayle Okazaki, 34, who was shot in the head inside the kitchen of her Rosemead condominium. Ramirez’s execution is not likely to be scheduled for years because of possible federal appeals. The justices ruled that defendants generally have the right to choose lawyers of their choice. The justices were not weighing the effectiveness of the attorneys, which is the subject of another appeal headed to California’s high court. “A defendant whose request to substitute counsel is granted cannot complain on appeal that the trial court should have denied the request,” Justice Carlos Moreno wrote in the 106-page opinion. Each was absent for long periods during Ramirez’s trial.ĭespite warning Ramirez against retaining the two, the judge did not disqualify them. The court also rejected an unusual claim that Ramirez should have been denied his choice of lawyers, who were hired by his family.ĭefendants often argue they were not allowed to hire the attorneys they wanted, but Ramirez’s appellate team said his choice led to an incompetent defense.īoth trial attorneys had a combined five years of experience and a history of being held in contempt. On Monday, state Supreme Court justices unanimously denied claims that Ramirez was incompetent to stand trial, that the case should have been moved outside Los Angeles, and that all the killings should not have been handled at one trial. His wife, Maxine, 44, was also shot to death, and Ramirez gouged her eyes out, according to county coroner’s officials. Ramirez shot to death West Whittier resident Vincent Zazzara, 64, on March 27, 1985. ![]() 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, 46, was sentenced to death in 1989 for 13 Los Angeles-area murders in 19, including slayings in unincorporated West Whittier, Rosemead, Monrovia, Monterey Park, Arcadia and Diamond Bar. SAN FRANCISCO The California Supreme Court upheld the convictions and death sentence Monday for serial killer Richard Ramirez, whose so-called Night Stalker killing spree terrorized the San Gabriel Valley and Whittier area in the mid-1980s. ![]()
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