Crimes that are committed for no apparent reason cause anxiety among people and law enforcement agencies. Richard Ramirez committed nearly two dozen murders before being found and defused.
Childhood
Forensic scientists and psychologists have long been looking for signs by which to identify a potential criminal in advance. There are some successes in this matter, however, it is still not possible to formulate effective methods to prevent unmotivated killings. Richard Ramirez for fifteen years killed people whom he had not met before. In most cases, these atrocities were spontaneous or ritual in nature. The US law enforcement system, for all its technical and organizational capabilities, could not attack the trail of a criminal for a long time.
The future sadist and killer was born on February 29, 1960 in an ordinary American family. The boy was the fifth, youngest child in the house. Parents at that time lived in the small town of El Paso, Texas. Father, a former policeman, worked on the railway. Mother was engaged in housework and raising children. The state guardianship authorities knew how large families live without adequate financial support. The head of the family was distinguished by an unbalanced psyche and often drowned out attacks of anger with alcohol.
From theft to murder
At an early age, Richard often had epileptic seizures. Only by puberty, the disease receded. At school, the boy studied mediocre. I preferred not to communicate with classmates. The first time I tried drugs at the age of ten. After that, interest in learning from Ramirez completely disappeared. He could not even get a secondary education. He dropped out of school and began to spend most of the time on the street. To get money for cigarettes and Coca-Cola, the teenager began to engage in shoplifting.
A seventeen-year-old thief was arrested for possession of marijuana. However, the case did not reach the court. When Ramirez was 18 years old, he decided to move to the famous city of San Francisco. For several years he cruised between California and his hometown. There was a shortage of money for drugs, and Richard began to rob houses and apartments. The eighty-year-old woman became the first victim of the addict. He cut her throat and took the money and jewelry. The biography of the serial killer noted that he quickly got used to the sight and smell of blood.
