Gil Carrillo – Richard Ramirez, The Nightstalker

Retired Police Officer Gil Carrillo joins Ed to tell the story of The Nightstalker case. Outlining his modus operandi to his eventual death whilst awaiting execution, Gil has explored the evidence in the case, the story of how Ramirez operated and left the psychological and theoretical to others to examine. Mr Carillo is an investigator who is interested only in the evidence.

He tells Ed Opperman some surprising facts about the case.

Ricardo Ramirez also known as the Nightstalker was an American serial killer whose crime spree took place in California between June 1984 and August 1985. He was convicted and sentenced to death in 1989. He died in 2013 while awaiting execution.

From Marie Clare

Carrillo was a relative newcomer to the L.A. County Sheriff's Department homicide team, which caused many of his theories about the Night Stalker case to be initially dismissed due to his "rookie" status. Once [his senior officer] Salerno started taking Carrillo's hunches seriously, though, the case began to come together, leading to Ramirez's arrest in August 1985 and Carrillo's rise to the ranks of the country's best homicide detectives.

Carrillo remained at the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Homicide Bureau for a total of 38 years, including 24 years after solving the Night Stalker case. During that time, Carrillo investigated between 700 and 800 homicides.

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