US 'Night Stalker' killer dies
Richard Ramirez, the serial killer known as the 'Night Stalker' has died, a California prison official has said.
'Night Stalker' serial killer spent decades on death row
Richard Ramirez, the notorious serial killer known as the Night Stalker died of "natural causes." according to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
The 53-year-old had spent decades on death row after being sentenced for a string of serial killings that horrified the Los Angeles region.
After one of the longest trials in US history Ramirez was sentenced in 1989. However California subsequently suspended the death sentence amid court challenges over the state's method of putting inmates to death.
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