Netflix - Night Stalker The Hunt for a Serial Killer (2021) Part 1 Devil in the City of Angels

More than three decades after he was apprehended in Los Angeles, Richard Ramirez continues to haunt our nightmares, his name still synonymous with fear, torture and sadistic murder. Better known as the Night Stalker, Ramirez cut a deadly swath through the “city of angels,” killing 13 people, while sexually assaulting, burglarizing and attempting to murder many more, bringing the city of Los Angeles to a standstill. His cruelty and malevolence were nearly unprecedented in criminal history. “Night Stalker The Hunt for a Serial Killer” gives viewers a front-row seat to Richard Ramirez' terrifying 1980s killing spree. The killings began to ramp up in July of 1985, and for two months, Los Angeles was terrified as “The Night Stalker” killed, raped, and robbed seemingly random Angelenos by night. The gripping new Netflix documentary series “Night Stalker The Hunt for a Serial Killer” goes in-depth on the rampage, interviewing police, victims, and reporters about the search and ultimate capture of Richard Ramirez. From the start till the end, this story remains realistic yet terrifying. The Night Stalker chronicles the desperate search to find Ramirez by focusing on the police officers tasked with bringing the killer to justice. Set against the hazy backdrop of 1980s Los Angeles, the four-part series tells the story of one of the most notorious serial killers in U.S. history from the perspective of the two Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department detectives who hunted him down – as well as some of the victims who managed to escape his wrath. The unlikely pair who had to sift through the clues were Gil Carrillo, a young and outgoing detective, and his taciturn mentor, the legendary investigator Frank Salerno. Two detectives won't rest until they catch him.

Part 1 Devil in the City of Angels

Los Angeles is currently riding a high, having hosted the Olympics while experiencing one of the lowest crime rates in its history. Gil Carrillo and Frank Salerno get started in law enforcement and eventually make it to homicide. Their lives, along with Los Angeles, is changed forever when they are assigned a murder case involving Dayle Yoshie Okazaki. They eventually discover a few similar murders in the LA area and start realizing that the murders share the same modus operandi. While police think there are multiple criminals, Detective Gil Carrillo suspects otherwise. When he finds himself teamed with Hillside Stranger veteran Detective Frank Salerno, they discover that Carrillo's suspicions could be right…and the hunt is on! Anastasia Hronas also details the horrible rape she endured from Richard Ramirez as a child.

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