Ramirez tried to flee after seeing his own face on the front page of La Opinión newspaper. But locals recognized him.
A group of furious residents chased him down, beat him, and held him until police arrived. After months of horror, the Night Stalker was finally caught, by the very people he had terrorized. Ramirez had then killed at least fifteen people during his series of nighttime break-ins.
”See you in Disneyland”
In 1989, he was convicted of 13 murders, 11 sexual assaults, and 14 burglaries.
When sentenced to death, Ramirez sneered:
“Big deal. Death always went with the territory. See you in Disneyland.”
Richard Ramirez spent 24 years on death row in San Quentin, where he married a fan who had written him letters. He died in 2013 from complications of lymphoma, still unrepentant to the end.
