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Calif. serial killer Richard Ramirez dies
By LINDA DEUTSCH and DON THOMPSON
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Richard Ramirez, the notorious serial killer known as the Night Stalker, died early Friday in a hospital, a state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation official said.
Ramirez, 53, "passed away this morning," San Quentin State Prison spokesman Lt. Sam Robinson told The Associated Press. No other details were released.
Ramirez had been taken from death row to Marin General Hospital.
Ramirez was convicted of 13 murders that terrorized Southern California in 1984 and 1985, and was 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
A wedding photograph is displayed to the media of the "Night Stalker" Richard Ramirez and his new bride Doreen Lioy, outside the gates of San Quentin Prison, Thursday Oct. 3, 1996, in San Quentin, Calif. The photograph was taken of the couple during the wedding ceremony inside the prison earlier in the day. Photo: Lacy Atkins, The Chronicle
Some deluded woman actually married this monster?
More grist for the mill....
Disgusting <spits>Since California reinstated the death penalty in 1978, 59 of the state's 735 condemned inmates have died from natural causes, including Ramirez. Twenty-two have committed suicide, 13 have been executed in California, one was executed in Missouri and six have died from other causes, the CDCR reported.
