81-year-old Florence 'Nettie' Lang, an invalid, and her sister, 84-year-old Mabel Bell were both brutally beaten with a hammer. Head hairs were found on a stocking, bedsheets, the mattress pad and stuck to the electrical tape used to bind Mabels ankles together. She died on July 15, 1985 in Arcadia, California, USA. Other Works | Publicity Listings | Official Sites. The defence had all the serological evidence on their side, but decided to go with an alibi that ultimately failed. Why was someone other than the police allowed inside their home? Bay Area police were temporarily hamstrung in their investigation when San Francisco mayor Diane Feinstein leaked details about the crimes to the press, including the shoe print evidence. While the two werent instantly linked, Gil had a hunch the seemingly motiveless killings were linked to a sexual deviance that sees the perpetrator turned on by fear. "You controlled who lived and who died you were God." 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. I recognised it immediately as the same footprint to the one lifted at the Zazarra crime scene, says Gil. Minutes later, her 8-year-old brother stumbled upon the most horrific scene of his short life. Mrs Zazzara's body was mutilated with several stab wounds and her eyes were gouged out. The little girl wandered off to the building's basement looking for a lost dollar. The guest's husband soon arrived and severely beat Richard before calling the police. He was sentenced to die in the gas chamber, but he said of his sentence: "Big deal. After two failed attempts at the ninth grade, Richard left school at 17 with no direction, a juvenile record, and reputation as a thief. After mortally injuring Bill by beating him unconscious, he put Lillian in thumbcuffs metal manacles that lock round your thumbs and raped her. However, there was something very confusing happening at the property. While the murders stacked up, Gils colleagues at the LAPD reported the latest in spate of child abductions. Ramirez sexually assaulted her after the killing. His reign of . Night Stalker: The Hunt For A Serial Killer is available on Netflix from Jan 13. Sisters Mabel Bell, age 83, and Florence Lang, 81, came face-to-face with evil on May 29, 1985. July 7, 1985: Joyce Lucille Nelson, 61, was beaten in her home. News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. Lastly, the pentagram. Moments later, the killer - known as the Night Stalker - walked into Marias apartment and shot her flatmate, Dayle Okazaki, between the eyes. DeAngelo curiously skipped Los Angeles during his long spree, instead bypassing it to kill in Irvine, Orange County. She was driven across LA by a tall, thin man and smuggled into his "dark and dingy" house in a duffel bag. At 13, he witnessed Miguel shoot wife Jessie in the face during an argument, killing her instantly. During the delays, Ramirez consciously perfected his image as a bad boy outsider. View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro . She survived. Thats what started me thinking about one man doing this.. Aug. 6, 1985: Ramirez shot both Christopher Petersen, 38, and his wife, Virginia, 27, in the head. I say prayers a night and I list people. Bystanders intervened and chased him away, then he attempted to carjack twice more. At some point, he stumbled upon the writings of the Church of Satan's Anton LaVey and made a pilgrimage to San Francisco to meet LaVey. Bell was killed. "Her head was drooped and her chin down. May 29, 1985: Mabel Bell, 84, and her invalid sister, Florence Lang, 81, are beaten with a hammer in their Monrovia home. In a final touch of depravity, Ramirez gouged out her eyes, placed them in a jewelry box, and claimed them as a grotesque trophy. Although cautious, Richard Ramirez nevertheless left behind clues. When prosecutorPhilip Halpin completed his methodical presentation of the gruesome evidence, the jury convicted Ramirez of 13 counts of murder. Or even one of Solanos burglar friends attempting to stitch Richard up. May 14, 1985: Bill Doi was fatally shot and Lillian Doi was raped. In 2013, after 23 years on death row, Ramirez died from cancer, at the age of 53. His inexperienced attorneys, Arturo and Daniel Hernandez, delayed the trial for years with requests for postponement and pretrial motions. Whoever it belonged to was not Richard Ramirez and was probably from the victims. IN the dingy light of her garage, Maria Hernandez heard a bang on her car roof and turned to see the wild-eyed stare of a tall, dishevelled man pointing a gun at her face. May 30, 1985: Carol Kyle, 41, raped by Ramirez. She survived but had severe injuries. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. The prosecution was using the shoe print as their primary evidence and as with all cases, the defence failed to bring a shoe forensics expert to trial and so it convinced the jury. Although Florence Lang survived, she remained unable to communicate and died on 7 th August* (see below for more on this). Bell was killed. Why? His dad was prone to fits of rage which would lead to him being physically abusive. Mabel Bell, 83, of Monrovia, bludgeoned to death. I remember saying Stop. The blood-soaked crime scene of Mabel Bell and Florence Lang's bedroom - with a lipstick pentagram visible on the wall Credit: . And we are happy to never have to write about them again. May 29, 1985: Mabel "Ma" Bell, 83, and her disabled sister, Florence "Nettie" Lang, 81, were both bound and bludgeoned. Mabel Bell, 84, and her invalid sister, Florence Lang, 81, had spent the last 25 years in the modest home framed with roses and a white picket fence on the outskirts of Monrovia. June 28, 1984: 79-year-old Jennie Vincow was stabbed repeatedly while asleep in bed. Here, we look at who he was and the crimes he committed. She miraculously survived the attack after the bullet bounced off her keys. Withappeals still pending, he likely wouldn't have faced execution until he was 71. Unable to pry the screen off, Ramirez removed his gloves to make the job easier. Perhaps it was identified as missing straight away: the Petition states that the grandson/great nephew had visited their home on 3rd June and found the instruction booklet for the cassette player and handed it to the police. There were no fingerprints on the hammer that could tie the weapon to Richard. He had spent much of the night cruising Los Angeles' skid row in a stolen car when he decided to take the 10 Freeway to Glassell Park, a neighborhood near Forest Lawn Cemetery. Florence was choked with a cord and raped. Eventually a group of civilians caught up with him, beat him, then held him down until police arrived at the scene. Many of Ramirez's victims were elderly. While living in a hotel in his mid-20s, Ramirez raped and then fatally stabbed Mei Leung in the hotel's basement. The sisters lived right at the bottom of the mountain trails. During his trial, several sick fans of Ramirez sent him letters, and he ultimately married one of them while he was imprisoned but she eventually left him. After hearing a shot and then someone enter the flat, Dayle cowered behind the kitchen counter. Yu was pronounced dead on arrival at a nearby hospital. As Ramirez entered adolescence, his sexual fantasies began to focus on violence, bondage, and death. Clad in his customary black, he pulled down his dark blue AC/DC cap. The location also fits DeAngelos M.O. Bell was killed. Though he's not discussed as often as other murderers, it would be fair to call Richard Ramirez, aka the Night Stalker, one of the most prolific serial killers of the last 50 years. Carefully surveying his surroundings, Ramirez donned a pair of gardening gloves and slinked across the building's small courtyard. Ramirez's first murder victim was a child. He didnt, he says. Ramirez drives a stolen car to Monrovia, CA, and breaks into Mabel "Ma" Bell and Florence "Nettie" Lang's home. He saw a group of elderly women identify him as "The Killer" so attempted to flee and carjack another woman. Her terrified housemate, Dayle Okazaki, hid behind a counter when she saw Ramirez coming into the kitchen after killing Maria. Mabel died on 15 th July; the coroner ruled that she had been attacked with a hammer. In June of that year his Night Stalker killing spree began and the crimes took place as follows: In August 1985, Richard made a journey from Arizona to California by bus. It was only when Detective Gil Carrillo linked the killings to a spate of child kidnappings that the LA police began to track Ramirez down. BELL, Mabel Close passed away July 15, 1985 in Arcadia. Other Works | Publicity Listings | Official Sites. A few days later, he killed pensioner Bill Doi before putting his wife Lillian in thumbcuffs metal manacles that lock round your thumbs then raping and beating her. Ramirez also left the print of his size 11-and-a-half Avia sneakers in dirt, mud, blood, and on the face of victim Joyce Nelson. Growing up in a devoutly Catholic household, Ramirez understood God, Satan, Heaven, Hell, and sin as concrete realities. Yet, Ramirez's brand of Satanism was a far cry from LaVey's theatrical atheism. Two months after his first taste of murder, Ramirez began a catalogue of violence which terrified the nation for over a year. At last, he slashed her throat with such ferocity that he nearly decapitated her. "I scream in terror. Some were raped and in one gruesome case, Ramirez mutilated the body of a 44-year-old woman before cutting out her eyes. The new Netflix documentary, Night Stalker, which launches on Wednesday, tells the story of the 1985 manhunt, which resulted in Ramirez being jailed for 13 murders, five attempted murders, 11 sexual assaults and 14 burglaries. The enraged Ramirez shot her three times and went to the kitchen to get a carving knife, which he then used to mutilate her body and cut out her eyes. This means you may never have to read about these shoes again. I say prayers a night and I list people. In a chilling voiceover the killer declares: I was in alliance with the evil that is inherent in human nature. To Ruth's anger, Roberto, an obsessed peeping tom, took Richard with him on his nightly rounds of spying in the windows of neighborhood women. To avoid his father's erratic temper, Richard often slept in a nearby cemetery. Richard was not charged with a rape count for the Bell and Lang attack so it is safe to say the tests were negative. He shot Vincent dead before raping Maxine several times and stabbing her. Florence Lang, 80, Bell's invalid sister, also of Monrovia, beaten but survived, on May 29, 1985. BELL, Mabel Close passed away July 15, 1985 in . Death always went with the territory. Enter: Felipe Solano. While the murders stacked up, Gils colleagues at the LAPD reported the latest in spate of child abductions. Striking in the dead of night, Ramirez killed indiscriminately. Bell was killed. The husband beat Ramirez senseless but the teen escaped charges because the visiting couple didn't want to return to the state to testify. Sisters Mabel Bell, 83, and Florence Lang, 81, were to become victims of that evil when they were bludgeoned with a hammer and raped. Fabric marks appeared elsewhere but they do not leave any definable print and are therefore inadmissible. 27, 1985: Ramirez shot Vincent Zazzara, 64, and his wife Maxine, 44. Learn more about contributing; A reclusive child prone to epileptic seizures, Richard became close to his cousin Miguel Ramirez, a decorated Vietnam veteran. It was also during his teens that Ramirez started taking LSD and sniffing glue, while also developing an unsettling obsession with Satanism. His cousin Miguel, a Vietnam veteran, subjected the young Ramirez to horrific pictures from the conflict, including one where he gleefully posed with the severed head of a woman he'd raped and decapitated. Miguel's murder of his wife in front of 12 year-old Richard seemed to flick a switch inside the troubled youth. Richard became more withdrawn and began getting into trouble at school. With his favorite band's Highway to Hell album blaring over his headphones, he stole a car from a nearby gas station and followed 22-year-old Maria Hernandez to her Rosemead, Calif., home. The Night Stalker received thousands of letters from the curious and the lovelorn. Dayle Okazakis murder on March 17, 1985, nine months after Jennie's death, marked the start of a killing spree which left Los Angeles quaking with fear. Six days after his last sickening crime, Ramirez attempted a carjacking in LA but locals recognised him, chased him and beat him until cops arrived. The children described their attacker as tall, with light brown skin, dishevelled hair, stained teeth and a pungent odour - matching a description given by Maria Hernandez. Florence Lang was unresponsive on her bed, and like her sister, in a coma. In the Monrovia home of Mabel Bell and Florence Lang, a pentagram was drawn on a bedroom wall and on the thigh of one of the women. Richard Ramirez's victims ranged widely in terms of their age, but they were mostly women or couples. He then raped her disabled sister Florence Lang, 81, and drew a lipstick pentagram a five-pointed star associated with Satanism on her thigh and the bedroom wall. Contribute to this page. Carol was raped. This is the horrifying true story of the Night Stalker. The three killings, along with witness accounts of a shooter with curly hair, bulging eyes and rotting teeth, led to Ramirez being referred to as "The Walk-in Killer" in the press. Carol was raped. 2020 THE SUN, US, INC. 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