Background
What is El Paso?
Richard Ramirez was born in this Texas city.
What is The Night Stalker?
The nickname given to Richard Ramirez.
What are fingerprints?
This type of evidence identified Richard Ramirez.
What is "Born or Made?"
This debate asks whether criminal behavior is inherited or learned.
What is 13?
Ramirez was found guilty of this many murders.
What is five?
Ramirez was the youngest of this many children.
What are 1984 and 1985?
Ramirez committed most of his crimes between these two years.
What is a stolen vehicle?
The fingerprint was recovered from this type of vehicle.
What are epileptic seizures?
Ramirez suffered these medical episodes after childhood head injuries.
What are sexual assaults, burglaries, robberies, and attempted murders?
Besides murder, prosecutors also convicted Ramirez of these crimes.
Who is his cousin, Michael Ramirez?
This family member exposed Ramirez to violent stories and images.
What is at night?
Ramirez usually attacked victims during this time of day.
What is Automated Fingerprint Identification System?
AFIS stands for this.
What are impulse control and emotional regulation?
Researchers suggest these two abilities may have been affected by his brain injuries.
What is the death penalty?
Ramirez received this sentence in 1989.
What is California?
Ramirez moved to this state before beginning his crime spree.
What are children and elderly adults?
His victims ranged from this youngest group to this oldest group.
What is the California Department of Justice?
The California agency that analyzed the fingerprint evidence.
What are drugs, violence, and criminal behavior?
Ramirez's cousin introduced him to this lifestyle.
What is 2013?
Ramirez died on death row in this year.
What are head injuries and exposure to violence?
According to researchers, these two childhood experiences may have contributed to his later behavior.
Was is unpredictable or random?
Investigators struggled because Ramirez's victims and methods were this.
What is three minutes?
AFIS produced possible fingerprint matches in about this amount of time.
What are mental evaluations?
Scientists did not perform these on Ramirez during his trial.
What is justice?
Many people believed the guilty verdict finally brought this to the victims and their families.