The Global Casebook - The Night Stalker

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In the summer of 1985, people across Southern California began to fear the night. Someone was entering homes while people slept. The attacks appeared unpredictable. The victims were different ages. The locations were spread across Los Angeles and surrounding communities. And investigators struggled to understand who was responsible. Newspapers gave the unknown offender a name: The Night Stalker. For months, police searched for him. Then, in August 1985, investigators recovered a fingerprint from a stolen vehicle connected to one of the attacks. The print was examined. A name emerged. Richard Ramirez. But identifying a suspect was only the beginning. Police released his photograph to the public. Within hours, Southern California knew what he looked like. And the man they were looking for was still somewhere in the city. The final stage of the investigation would not end with a carefully planned police o