Police are closing in on the Night Stalker, but even with dozens of clues, the serial predator continues to elude capture. Los Angeles is gripped in fear during a long, hot summer.  Drawing from Ramirez's own words to a reporter, this episode of LA85 examines the Cecil Hotel, the summer of murder, the Night Stalker's victims and concludes with the capture of Richard Ramirez by residents of East Los Angeles.

Police are closing in on the Night Stalker, but even with dozens of clues, the serial predator continues to elude capture. Los Angeles is gripped in fear during a long, hot summer. Drawing from Ramirez's own words to a reporter, this episode of LA85 examines the Cecil Hotel, the summer of murder, the Night Stalker's victims and concludes with the capture of Richard Ramirez by residents of East Los Angeles.

Police are closing in on the Night Stalker, but even with dozens of clues, the serial predator continues to elude capture. Los Angeles is gripped in fear during a long, hot summer.&nbsp; Drawing from Ramirez's own words to a reporter, this episode of LA85 examines the Cecil Hotel, the summer of murder, the Night Stalker's victims and concludes with the capture of Richard Ramirez by residents of East Los Angeles.&nbsp;

The Night Stalker, Part III: To Live and Die in LA

True Crime and more from ground zero in Los Angeles where the Night Stalker, the Grim Sleeper and other murderous criminals roamed in the shadows of Reagan era Cold War politics, the ever-expanding AIDS epidemic, racism and the emergence of a new landscape among Hollywood studios.

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The Night Stalker, Part III: To Live and Die in LA