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Richard Ramirez was an American serial killer. His full name is Ricardo Leyva Munoz Ramirez. His father’s name is Julian Ramirez and his mother’s is Mercedes Ramirez. Julian and Mercedes were Mexican immigrants. “Richard was born in El Paso, Texas.” (Biography.com) Ricardo Leyva Munoz Ramirez was born on February 29, 1960. Out of all his siblings, we was the youngest. Growing up, he was quite the loner. As a child, he had seizures and was thought to be epileptic. As a teenager, he went to Jefferson High School. Ramirez grew up with catholic parents, but as he got older, his religion changed drastically. Now, his religion is Satanism. His cousin, Mike, was in the vietnam war. When he was a teenager, he used LSD and later on he dropped out of highschool. Ramirez had worked at a hotel, but only part time. He had been arrested at 16 also. “Ramirez’s criminal record began in 1977”(Biography.com) When Mike came home from the war, he introduced marijuana to Ramirez. He had also taught him to kill and fight. Ramirez witnessed Mike murder his wife. People believe that’s what led him to become a serial killer. He was still a teenager when he would steal things to support his drug habits. “At one point, …show more content…

Sheriff Block and many other officers found pentagrams at all of the crime scenes that Ramirez caused. “He was tied with killings in North Carolina.” (Thompson, Scpr) Police also found DNA Linked to him in 2009. He has been a free criminal for several years. Residents of an East L.A. neighborhood caught and beat him. The police ended up catching him and arresting him. “His last attack was on August 24, 1985.” (Biography.com) When he was first arrested, he was trying to convince the police officers that they had caught the wrong man. Eventually, when he had to go to court, he had a pentagram on the palm of his

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