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95-574: (Redirected from Nightstalkers ) Night Stalker(s) or Nightstalker(s) may refer to: Criminals [ edit ] Richard Ramirez (1960–2013), serial killer whose murder spree in California in the mid-1980s led to him being known as the "Night Stalker" Joseph James DeAngelo (known as the "Original Night Stalker"), serial killer and rapist who operated in Southern California from

190-494: A Nintendo 3DS launch in London that "one day, if it goes half a million, Capcom may raise its eyebrow a little bit and I could do what I did in London in 2007 when I announced the comeback of Street Fighter . In the near future, with your help, it may become true. It's on its way, because we're pretty much where we were with Street Fighter a few years back. So keep it up". At the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con , Ono revealed during

285-787: A ligature ; stomped at least one victim to death in her sleep; and tortured another by shocking her with a live electrical cord. Ramirez also frequently enjoyed degrading and humiliating his victims, especially those who survived his attacks or whom he explicitly decided not to kill. In 1989, Ramirez was convicted of thirteen counts of murder, five attempted murders, eleven sexual assaults , and fourteen burglaries. The judge who upheld his nineteen death sentences remarked that his deeds exhibited "cruelty, callousness, and viciousness beyond any human understanding." Ramirez never expressed any remorse for his crimes. He died on June 7, 2013, of complications from B-cell lymphoma while awaiting execution on California's death row . Ricardo Leyva Muñoz Ramirez

380-525: A prison officer and other inmates about having killed "more than 20 people." Erickson gave a detailed description of her assailant to investigators, and police obtained a cast of Ramirez' footprint from the Romero house. The stolen Toyota was found abandoned on August 28 in Koreatown, Los Angeles , and police obtained a single fingerprint from the rear-view mirror despite Ramirez' careful efforts to wipe

475-418: A switchblade , hanging her partially nude body from a pipe by her blouse. The killing was not linked to Ramirez until 2009, when his DNA was matched to a sample obtained at the crime scene . In 2016, officials disclosed evidence of a second suspect, identified through another DNA sample retrieved from the scene, who is believed to have been present at Leung's murder. Authorities had not publicly identified

570-438: A "made" psychopath as opposed to a "born" psychopath. He says that Ramirez' schizoid personality disorder contributed to his indifference to the suffering of his victims and his untreatability. Stone also stated that Ramirez was knocked unconscious and almost died on multiple occasions before he was six years old, and as a result "later developed temporal lobe epilepsy , aggressivity , and hypersexuality ." At age 12, Ramirez

665-459: A 10-inch butcher knife from her kitchen. Ramirez repeatedly stabbed Cannon's body after she was already dead. Three nights later, Ramirez broke into a home in Sierra Madre and bludgeoned 16-year-old Whitney Bennett with a tire iron as she slept in her bedroom. After searching in vain for a knife in the kitchen, Ramirez tried to strangle the girl with a telephone cord. He stated that he

760-464: A 1974 television series based on the movie, starring Darren McGavin Night Stalker (TV series) , a 2005 remake of the original Kolchak series The Night Stalker (1987 film) , a 1987 horror film starring Charles Napier Nightstalker (film) , a 2002 horror film directed by Chris Fisher Nightstalker , a 2009 horror film directed by Ulli Lommel The Night Stalker (2016 film) ,

855-490: A 2016 psychological thriller directed by Megan Griffiths and starring Lou Diamond Phillips Night Stalker: The Hunt For a Serial Killer , a 2021 Netflix documentary miniseries Literature [ edit ] Meg: Nightstalkers , a 2016 science fiction horror novel by Steve Alten Nightstalkers (comics) , a horror fiction comic book The Night Stalker , a book by James Swain The Night Stalkers ,

950-600: A 2022 song by Megadeth Other media [ edit ] Night Stalker (video game) , a 1982 video game for the Intellivision Bryan Clark (born 1964), professional wrestler known as The Nightstalker Nightstalker, an alternative character class in Dungeons and Dragons A species of predatory flightless bat in the book After Man by Dougal Dixon Other uses [ edit ] 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) ,

1045-671: A United States Army unit nicknamed the "Night Stalkers" See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Search for "night-stalker"  or "nightstalker" on Misplaced Pages. All pages with titles containing night stalker or night stalkers All pages with titles containing nightstalker or nightstalkers All pages with titles beginning with The Night Stalker All pages with titles beginning with The Nightstalker All pages with titles beginning with Night Stalker All pages with titles beginning with Nightstalker Darkstalkers Night Prowler (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

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1140-406: A book by Michael Durant and Steven Hartov about the U.S. Army's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment Music [ edit ] Nightstalker (band) , a Greek stoner rock band "Nightstalker", song from the 1993 album Sinister Slaughter by extreme metal band Macabre Sleepwalker (The Kinks song) , a song whose course repeats the phrase "night stalker." Night Stalkers (song) ,

1235-457: A bus to Tucson, Arizona , to visit his brother, unaware that he had become the lead story in virtually every major newspaper and television news program across California. After failing to meet his brother due to his not being home, he returned to Los Angeles early on the morning of August 31. He walked past police officers, who were staking out the bus terminal in hopes of catching the killer should he attempt to flee on an outbound bus, and into

1330-556: A convenience store in East Los Angeles . After noticing a group of elderly Hispanic women fearfully identifying him as " el matador, " Ramirez saw his face on the front page of the newspaper La Opinión with a headline calling him " Invasor Nocturno " (English: "Night Invader") and fled the store in a panic. After running across the Santa Ana Freeway , he attempted to carjack an unlocked Ford Mustang but

1425-489: A disturbance in the area with few other details. Police quickly arrived on Hubbard Street and took a severely beaten Ramirez into custody. Jury selection for Ramirez's trial began on July 22, 1988. At his first court appearance, he raised a hand with a pentagram drawn on it and yelled, "Hail Satan!" On August 3, 1988, the Los Angeles Times reported that some jail employees overheard Ramirez planning to shoot

1520-433: A few crossover games released by other companies. The Darkstalkers series is composed of five arcade games from which all subsequent games are based on. Capcom producer Yoshinori Ono said in 2007: "Personally, I'd love to make a new Marvel vs. Capcom , and I'd also like to see the triumphant return of Darkstalkers to a new generation of technology. It would be an interesting challenge with Darkstalkers , because in

1615-482: A gunshot to his head. Zazzara's wife, 44-year-old Maxine Levenia Zazzara, was awakened by the gunshot. Ramirez beat her and bound her hands while demanding to know where her valuables were. While he ransacked the room, Maxine escaped her bonds and retrieved a shotgun from under the bed, which she was unaware was not loaded. She pulled the trigger just after he turned around and saw her. The infuriated Ramirez shot her three times with his handgun, killing her, then fetched

1710-445: A large carving knife from the kitchen. He mutilated her body by cutting an inverted cross into her chest, then removed her eyes and placed them in a jewelry box. He attempted to have sex with her body but found himself so shaken by her attempting to shoot him that he was unable to achieve an erection . He took the jewelry box containing her eyes and kept it at his apartment as a souvenir until his arrest. Ramirez left footprints from

1805-576: A local cemetery. His father would tie him to a crucifix in a cemetery overnight as punishment. Mike and his wife Josefina "Jesse" Valles ( née Bretado; November 3, 1948 – May 4, 1975) had a son named Miguel Valles Jr. (September 21, 1967 – April 22, 1973) who passed away at the age of 5 in an accidental gas explosion. It is unknown if Ramirez as a child ever interacted with his younger cousin before his death. Shortly after Ramirez had turned 14 in 1974, he began using LSD frequently. He and Mike resumed bonding over their shared use of drugs and alcohol. It

1900-539: A look at what had happened, Ramirez, who was waiting for Okazaki to peek over the counter, shot her once in the forehead, killing her instantly. Within an hour of the Rosemead attack, Ramirez pulled 30-year-old Tsai-Lian "Veronica" Yu out of her car in Monterey Park , shot her twice with a .22 caliber handgun and fled. She was pronounced dead upon arrival at the hospital. The two murders, and an attempted third, in

1995-462: A loyal fanbase over the years, it was never enough for the developer/publisher to give the series much attention". Including Darkstalkers in their list of video game franchises "founded on boobs", GamesRadar US called it "second only to Final Fantasy as an object of Japanophilic cosplay figurine collector worship. While the character design in immensely cool, some of the fan art is downright disturbing". Keith Stuart of The Guardian ranked

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2090-439: A new fighting game, the hardcore community gets whipped up about Darkstalkers ' continual absence, and demands a modern iteration. The supernatural 2D franchise wasn't a big hit, but fervent fans have kept its name alive and seem unwilling to let it fade away". One attack from the game's cast, "Midnight Bliss", has also received significant praise on its own. A move where Demitri will charge forward and temporarily transform

2185-424: A new installment to the series would be his "ultimate dream", but only fan demand would cause it to happen. He went on to say that it would take one million requests before Keiji Inafune , then head of research and development at Capcom, would comply. At that point, Capcom had received 5,000 requests. By March 2011, Ono reported that Capcom had received over 100,000 requests. He later expressed during an interview at

2280-468: A nine-year-old Chinese-American girl, in the basement of his apartment building in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco. Leung was with her eight-year-old brother and looking for a lost one-dollar bill when Ramirez approached the girl and told her to follow him into the basement to find it. Once they were in the basement, Ramirez beat, strangled and raped Leung before stabbing her to death with

2375-421: A pair of Avia sneakers in the flower beds, which the police photographed and cast. Bullets found at the scene were matched to those found at previous attacks, and the police determined that a serial killer was at large. On May 14, 1985, Ramirez returned to Monterey Park and entered the home of 66-year-old Bill Doi and his disabled wife, 56-year-old Lillian Doi. Surprising Doi in his bedroom, Ramirez shot him in

2470-519: A priest serving the villain Orochi , proved extremely popular. Appearing as a nun, the fandom dubbed the character "Goeniko" and fleshed her out as a full character for M.U.G.E.N, albeit with a more sexualized design. This later resulted in her appearing in commercial mobile game title The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Battle OL , as well as in The King of Fighters All Star as "Lady Goenitz" and with

2565-410: A rustling noise. Assuming it was an animal, James went to investigate but did not notice anything out of the ordinary. James then went into his garage to begin working on his minibike before hearing Ramirez' footsteps outside the house. Thinking there was a prowler, James, after observing Ramirez through his bedroom window, went to wake his parents, and Ramirez fled the scene. James raced outside and noted

2660-568: A shoe store in Los Angeles, it was evident that the one pair of its size and kind in the state of California then belonged to the perpetrator. When it was discovered that the ballistics and shoe print evidence from the Los Angeles crime scenes matched the Pan crime scene, San Francisco's then- mayor Dianne Feinstein divulged the information, including the gun caliber, in a televised press conference. This leak infuriated detectives, as they knew

2755-423: A single day attracted extensive coverage from news media, who dubbed the attacker, described as curly-haired with bulging eyes and wide-spaced, rotting teeth, the "Walk-In Killer" and the "Valley Intruder." One week later, at approximately 2 a.m. on March 27, 1985, Ramirez entered a home that he had burglarized a year earlier just outside of Whittier and killed 64-year-old Vincent Charles Zazzara in his sleep with

2850-461: A stolen Toyota to Glendale . He chose the home of 66-year-old Lela Kneiding and her husband, 68-year-old Maxon Kneiding. He burst into the sleeping couple's bedroom and hacked them with the machete, then killed them with shots to the head from a .22 caliber handgun. He further mutilated their bodies with the machete before robbing the house of valuables. After quickly fencing the stolen items, Ramirez drove to Sun Valley, Los Angeles , and broke into

2945-454: A stolen orange Toyota , to Mission Viejo . That night, he arrived at the home of 45-year-old James Romero Jr., who had just returned from a family vacation to Rosarito Beach in Mexico. Romero's son, 13-year-old James Romero III, happened to be awake. While his family was asleep, James went outside of his house to retrieve a pillow inside a truck, which was locked. When he was outside, he heard

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3040-549: A strong interest in Satanism and the occult . By the time he had left his home in Texas and moved to California at the age of 22, Ramirez began to frequently use cocaine . He would often commit burglaries to support his drug addiction, many of which were later frequently accompanied by murders, attempted murders , rapes , attempted rapes, and battery . The murder spree terrorized the residents of Greater Los Angeles and later

3135-528: A trailer for the PlayStation Vita version of Street Fighter X Tekken ; when asked about it, Ono wrote on his Twitter : "I can't announce about Darkstalkers yet". Ono later teased the presence of Darkstalkers at a panel for Street Fighter' s 25th Anniversary Celebration at San Diego Comic-Con in July. Instead of taking a photo to send proof of demand to Capcom's upper management like he had done in

3230-507: A troubled childhood. Frequently abused by his father, he developed brain damage and started abusing drugs at the age of 10. He began developing macabre interests in his early and mid-teens from his older cousin, a Vietnam War veteran with schizophrenia and PTSD , who extensively bragged about the war crimes he had committed , and who killed his wife in front of him when he was 15. Ramirez learned military skills from him that he would later employ during his killing spree. He also cultivated

3325-645: A whole, with new story mode endings provided for the originally cut trio. Years later Vampire: Darkstalkers Collection included a special version of Vampire Savior with one more additional character, Dee. Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge (originally titled Vampire Hunter: The Animated Series ( ヴァンパイアハンター THE ANIMATED SERIES ) in Japan) is a four-episode Original Video Animation anime series by Madhouse under license from Capcom, directed by Masashi Ikeda and originally released in 1997–1998. Darkstalkers (also known as Darkstalkers: The Animated Series )

3420-488: Is alleged that many of these photos depicted women being tied to trees or wooden posts both before and after they were sexually assaulted and killed by Valles. Ramirez would later state while incarcerated that he was fascinated, rather than repulsed, by the images and stories Mike shared with him. Mike taught his young cousin some of his military skills, including stealth and kill tactics. Around this time, Ramirez began to seek escape from his father's violent temper by sleeping in

3515-1093: Is an American children's animated TV series produced by Graz Entertainment and aired in broadcast syndication from September to December 1995. It was only loosely based on the games and ran for one season of thirteen episodes. Darkstalkers is a Canadian comic book series created by UDON and originally published through Devil's Due Publishing . There are many Darkstalkers manga books and series (including yonkoma parodies). A few of them were also published in North America: Multiple other books (guide books, art books, illustrated books, and novels) were published as well, mostly in Japan only. However, some of them were also published in North America: Soundtrack CDs for Darkstalkers games were released in Japan under different record labels including Sony Records , Suleputer and Victor Entertainment . A collection of original tracks from

3610-536: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Richard Ramirez Ricardo Leyva Muñoz Ramirez ( / r ə ˈ m ɪər ɛ z / ; February 29, 1960 – June 7, 2013), better known as Richard Ramirez , and nicknamed the Night Stalker , was an American serial killer and sex offender whose killing spree occurred in Greater Los Angeles and

3705-651: The San Francisco Bay Area in the state of California . From April 1984 to August 1985, Ramirez murdered at least fourteen people during various break-ins, with his crimes usually taking place in the afternoon, leading to him being dubbed the Night Stalker , the Walk-In Killer , and the Valley Intruder . He was convicted and sentenced to death in 1989 and died while awaiting execution in 2013. Ramirez's crimes were heavily influenced by

3800-514: The Street Fighter X Tekken panel that while a new Darkstalkers title had not been approved, he reassured the series' fans that " Darkstalkers is not dead". He then proceeded to take a photo of the attendees at the panel holding up their money to send to decision makers at Capcom to show support for the game. Later the following year in June, a message "Darkstalkers are not dead" appeared in

3895-550: The penalty phase of the trial on November 7, 1989, he was sentenced to death in California's gas chamber . He stated to reporters after the death sentences, "Big deal. Death always went with the territory. See you in Disneyland ." The trial cost $ 1.8 million, which at the time made it the most expensive murder trial in the history of California until it was surpassed by the O. J. Simpson case in 1994. While awaiting trial, Ramirez reportedly met actor Sean Penn . Penn, who

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3990-531: The San Francisco Bay Area over the course of fourteen months. However, his first known murder occurred as early as April 1984; this crime was not connected to Ramirez, nor was it known to be his doing, until 2009. Ramirez used a wide variety of weapons, including handguns , various types of knives, a machete , a tire iron and a claw hammer . He punched, pistol whipped , and strangled many of his victims, both with his hands and in one instance

4085-406: The car clean of his prints. The print was positively identified as belonging to Ramirez, who was described by police as a 25-year-old drifter from Texas, with a long rap sheet that included many arrests for traffic and illegal drug violations. The identification of Ramirez's print was described as a "near miracle" as the system used to identify him was recently installed, as well as the fact that

4180-482: The color, make, and style of the car, as well as a partial license plate number. Romero contacted the police with this information, believing James had chased away a thief. With his attack on the Romero residence aborted, Ramirez broke into the home of 30-year-old Bill Carns and his fiancée, 29-year-old Inez Erickson, through a back door. Ramirez entered the sleeping couple's bedroom and awakened Carns when he cocked his .25 caliber handgun. He shot Carns three times in

4275-423: The face with a .22 caliber handgun after she pulled into her garage. She survived when the bullet ricocheted off the keys she held in her hands as she lifted them to protect herself. Hernandez played dead until Ramirez left the scene. Inside the house, her roommate, 34-year-old Dayle Yoshie Okazaki, heard the gunshot and ducked behind a counter when she saw Ramirez enter the kitchen. When she raised her head to get

4370-402: The face with a .22 semi-automatic pistol as Doi went for his own handgun. After beating the mortally wounded man into unconsciousness, Ramirez entered Lillian's bedroom, bound her with thumbcuffs , then raped her after he had ransacked the home for valuables. Bill died of his injuries while in the hospital. Two weeks later, on May 29, Ramirez drove a stolen car to Monrovia and stopped at

4465-461: The game's colorful cast earned the game a cult following , despite its relative lack of recognition. GamesRadar's Lucas Sullivan ranked Darkstalkers first on his 2012 list of "obscure" fighting games deserving an HD remake, opining it "offers just as much 2D fighting goodness as the venerable Street Fighter series, but it's never gotten the same kind of respect ... and that just ain't right". UGO.com included Darkstalkers on their 2010 list of

4560-445: The game's website utilized artwork from Darkstalkers 3 along with new secondary characters exclusive to only this title. Despite its limited commercial success, Darkstalkers was very well received by critics and acquired a sizable cult following. Destructoid 's Kyle Mac Gregor described it as "beloved", and IGN 's Richard George described it as both "obscure and beloved". According to MTV , although Darkstalkers "has developed

4655-410: The game, and the boss characters Pyron and Huitzil were made playable. Vampire Savior was the first actual sequel title, introducing several new characters and a new storyline. While originally Pyron, Donovan and Huitzil did not return, variations of the game were released that did including Vampire Hunter 2 and Vampire Savior 2 . A PlayStation port called Darkstalkers 3 later included the cast as

4750-455: The games that need sequels. Complex writers put Darkstalkers at number 40 in their 2012 ranking of best video game franchises, adding that they would "love to see a modern incarnation", and listed a hypothetical Darkstalkers 4 among the 15 games they wished would be announced at E3 2011 . The magazine's Andrew Hayward ranked Darkstalkers first on his 2011 list of most missed fighting franchises, stating that "every time Capcom announces

4845-477: The games, previously included as a part of Vampire Sound Box in Japan, was released digitally by Sumthing Distribution in 2014. Vampire (ヴァンパイア) is a pachislo game using the series' license was announced on May 12, 2009 and released on July 6, 2009. The game was released by the Capcom subsidiary, Enterrise (エンターライズ, Entarāizu) featuring the cast of the original Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors , although

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4940-411: The head before turning his attention to Erickson. Ramirez identified himself as the "Night Stalker" and forced her to swear she loved Satan as he beat her with his fists and bound her with neckties from the closet. After stealing what he could find, Ramirez dragged Erickson to another room before raping her. He then demanded cash and jewelry and made her "swear on Satan" there was no more. Before leaving

5035-457: The home of 66-year-old Peter Pan and 62-year-old Barbara Pan. He shot the sleeping Peter in the temple with a .25 caliber handgun, killing him instantly. He then beat and sexually assaulted Barbara before shooting her in the head and leaving her for dead. At the crime scene, Ramirez used lipstick to scrawl a pentagram and the phrase "Jack the Knife" on the bedroom wall. He again left a shoe print at

5130-481: The home of the Khovananth family. He shot the sleeping 32-year-old Chainarong Khovananth in the head with a .22 caliber handgun, killing him instantly, then repeatedly raped and beat 32-year-old Somkid Khovananth. He bound the couple's 8-year-old son before dragging Somkid around the house to reveal the location of any valuable items, which he stole. During his assault, he demanded that she "swear to Satan" that she

5225-550: The home, he told Erickson, "Tell them the Night Stalker was here." Erickson untied herself and went to a neighbor's house for help. Surgeons removed two of the three bullets from Carns's head, and he survived his injuries. On the night of June 27, 1985, 32-year-old Patty Elaine Higgins was murdered in her Arcadia home. The crime was not discovered until July 2, when she failed to show up for work. Her attacker had sodomized her, strangled her, and slashed her throat. Ramirez

5320-545: The hospital from her injuries on July 15. Lang died in August. The next day, Ramirez drove the same car to Burbank and snuck into the home of 42-year-old Carol Kyle. At gunpoint, he bound Kyle and her 11-year-old son with handcuffs before ransacking the house. He released Kyle to direct him to where the family's valuables were; he then raped her repeatedly. Ramirez also repeatedly ordered her not to look at him, telling her at one point that he would "cut her eyes out." He fled

5415-407: The hotel, but he was never reported or prosecuted for this act. His employment ended abruptly after Ramirez attempted to rape a woman in her hotel room and was caught in the act by the victim's husband. Although the husband beat Ramirez at the scene, criminal charges were dropped when the couple, who lived out of state, declined to return to Texas to testify against him. At the age of 15, Ramirez

5510-549: The house of Mabel "Ma" Bell, age 83, and her disabled sister, 81-year-old Florence "Nettie" Lang. Finding a hammer in the kitchen, he bludgeoned and bound Lang in her bedroom, then bound and bludgeoned Bell before using an electrical cord to shock the woman. After raping Lang, he used Bell's lipstick to draw the Satanic pentagram symbol on her thigh as well as on the walls of both bedrooms. The women were found two days later, alive but comatose and critically injured. Bell died in

5605-464: The information in this particular case". There was no "Darkstalkers are not dead" line at San Diego Comic-Con in 2013. Matt Dahlgren, Capcom's new fighting game manager, said that because " Darkstalkers Resurrection did not perform as well as we would have liked. You never know what the future may hold, but Street Fighter is definitely not dead. There is nothing Darkstalkers on the immediate horizon for sure". The Darkstalkers games take place on

5700-484: The killer would be following news coverage, which gave him the opportunity to destroy crucial forensic evidence . Ramirez, who had indeed been watching the press, dropped his sneakers over the side of the Golden Gate Bridge that night. He remained in the area for a few more days before heading back to the Los Angeles area. On August 24, 1985, Ramirez traveled 76 miles (122 km) south of Los Angeles, in

5795-534: The late-1970s to mid-1980s Delroy Easton Grant , a serial rapist who operated in London during the 1990s and 2000s, sometimes referred to by the British media as the "Night Stalker" Arts and entertainment [ edit ] Film and television [ edit ] The Night Stalker (1972 film) , a 1972 made-for-television movie starring Darren McGavin Kolchak: The Night Stalker ,

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5890-509: The locations of the family's jewelry, and then brutally raped her. He repeatedly demanded that she "swear on Satan" that she would not scream during his assaults. When the couple's 3-year-old son entered the bedroom, Ramirez tied the child up and then continued to rape Sakina. After he left the house, Sakina untied her son and sent him to the neighbors for help. Ramirez, who had been closely following news coverage of his crimes, left Los Angeles and headed to San Francisco. On August 18, he entered

5985-494: The night. In the original game and the sequel, Vampire Hunter ( Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge ), an alien overlord named Pyron returns to Earth after being away for many years. His quest to conquer the world using an army of robots brings the Darkstalkers out of hiding to oppose his rule over humanity and the supernatural. A second sequel, Vampire Savior ( Darkstalkers 3 ), saw the debut of Jedah, previously one of

6080-483: The nobles of Makai, who decides that the only way to save the realm is to take control of it by force. Accordingly, he lures the Darkstalkers into a trap to use their collective souls to remake the realm and control both humanity and the supernatural. Darkstalkers characters are either based on various iconic literary and cinematic monsters, or inspired by international mythology and fairy tales . The 1997 anime miniseries Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge , which

6175-402: The old games you'd see a lot of really interesting animations as characters would morph into different forms. That would be tricky to do with this 3D engine, but not impossible. In two or three years, if I got the chance to resurrect that series, I'd like to shock Hollywood with how good the graphics would look". In August 2010, Ono stated during an interview about Street Fighter X Tekken that

6270-503: The opponent into a girl before draining their blood, it has been described by Chris Hoffman of GamesRadar+ as one of Capcom's greatest contributions to gaming history. Writer Zoran Iovanovici in an article for Game Developer observed how fans took to the concept, citing it as a mini-genre of a "gender swap" genre among fan artists, crossplayers , and custom fighting game communities such as those built around M.U.G.E.N . The transformed state of King of Fighters character Goenitz ,

6365-476: The past, he stated: "This year, you don't have to do that, and it's not necessarily bad news!", but refrained himself from saying anything else. Following the announcement of Darkstalkers Resurrection at 2012 New York Comic Con in October, a concept trailer was shown during Capcom's Street Fighter 25th Anniversary panel. Darkstalkers Resurrection producer Derek Neal and Yoshinori Ono told interviewers that

6460-448: The planet Earth that is in the process of merging with a realm known as Makai. The reason for this merger varies depending on the continuity, but a continuing theme is that the union of realms brings the arrival of the Darkstalkers to the human world, the term being a catch-all for the various creatures of legend. The greatest of these supernatural creatures, and the greatest among those who hunt them, meet in battle to determine who will rule

6555-545: The prosecutor with a gun, which he intended to have smuggled into the courtroom. Consequently, a metal detector was installed outside and intensive searches were conducted on people entering. On August 14, the trial was interrupted because one of the jurors, Phyllis Singletary, did not arrive at the courtroom. Later that day, she was found shot to death in her apartment. The jury was terrified, wondering if Ramirez had somehow directed this event from inside his prison cell, and whether or not he could reach other jurors. However, it

6650-417: The re-release bundle was the first step towards revitalizing the franchise. Neal also claimed that Capcom is using Darkstalkers Resurrection as a test to gauge audience interest in a new Darkstalkers installment. In April 2013, Capcom senior vice president Christian Svensson wrote: "We've not given up. But I'm disappointed in the opening sales response relative to any other fighting title we've put out on

6745-430: The same platforms given the frequency and urgency of requests we've had here over the last several years and the quality of the execution. It is the most fully featured and probably best project of this type we've done. And before people jump to the wrong conclusions, I'm not blaming fans who did buy it and supported the brand. I'm very thankful for those guys (thank you, to all of you). I'm more disappointed by my misread of

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6935-432: The scene after retrieving the child from the closet and binding the two together again with the handcuffs. On the night of July 2, 1985, Ramirez drove a stolen car to Arcadia and randomly selected the house of 75-year-old Mary Louise Cannon, a widowed grandmother. After quietly entering Cannon's home, he found her asleep in her bedroom. He bludgeoned her into unconsciousness with a lamp and then stabbed her to death using

7030-556: The scene that detectives discovered and matched to a specific pair of Avia shoes that was not common at the time. Lead detectives Frank Salerno and Gil Carrillo contacted the manufacturer of the shoes and were able to retrieve the soles. Upon the discovery of the make and distribution across the United States, only six of them existed in the men's size 11-1/2. With five of them shipped to locations in Arizona , and one shipped to

7125-414: The series fourth in his 2012 top list of vampiric video games, citing its "beautiful visuals and superb animation". The cast of characters for the franchise has been credited with making the games "a standout among the fighting games of the era", as instead of "conventional cast of martial artists with the occasional odd creature, Darkstalkers was a gallery of monsters". Hardcore Gaming 101 stated that

7220-472: The struggle before Ramirez managed to escape. The couple survived their injuries. Two nights later, Ramirez drove a stolen car to Diamond Bar and chose the home of Sakina Abowath, age 27, and her husband 31-year-old Elyas Abowath. Sometime after 2:30 a.m. he entered the house and went into the master bedroom. He instantly killed the sleeping Elyas with a shot to the head from a .25 caliber handgun. He then handcuffed and beat Sakina while forcing her to reveal

7315-465: The suspect, described as being a juvenile at the time, and have not brought charges due to the lack of evidence. On June 28, 1984, 79-year-old Jennie Vincow was found murdered in her apartment in Glassell Park, Los Angeles . She had been stabbed repeatedly in the head, neck and chest while asleep in her bed, and her throat slashed so deeply that she was nearly decapitated. Ramirez's fingerprint

7410-440: The system contained the fingerprints of criminals born after January 1, 1960, only two months before Ramirez was born. On August 29, 1985, law enforcement officials decided to release a mug shot of Ramirez from a 1984 arrest for auto theft to the media. At the police press conference, it was announced: "We know who you are now, and soon everyone else will. There will be no place you can hide." On August 30, 1985, Ramirez took

7505-931: Was executed . By the time of his death in 2013, Ramirez was engaged to a 23-year-old writer. On August 7, 2006, Ramirez's first round of state appeals ended unsuccessfully when the California Supreme Court upheld his convictions and death sentence. On September 7, 2006, the California Supreme Court denied his request for a rehearing. Ramirez had additional appeals pending until the time of his death. Ramirez died of complications secondary to B-cell lymphoma at Marin General Hospital in Greenbrae, California , on June 7, 2013. He had also been affected by "chronic substance abuse and chronic hepatitis C viral infection." His body

7600-466: Was based on the first two titles, was faithful to the characters' in-game personalities. The 1995 American-produced cartoon series, simply titled Darkstalkers , dropped the backstory of the games altogether in favor of a standard good-versus-evil plot, altering certain characters' storylines in the process. Night Warriors is an upgraded version of the previous game, with the same story and returning cast. In addition, several new characters were added to

7695-515: Was born in El Paso , Texas on February 29, 1960, to Mexican immigrants Mercedes Muñoz and Julián Tapia Ramirez, the youngest of their five children. His father, a railway laborer, was an alcoholic who was prone to fits of anger that often resulted in physical abuse towards his wife and children. Ramirez was brought up a Catholic and began smoking marijuana and drinking alcohol at the age of 10. Psychiatrist Michael Stone describes Ramirez as

7790-582: Was charged with murder and burglary in relation to Higgins' death. However, these charges were eventually dropped due to a lack of concrete physical evidence linking Higgins to the other murders. Based on a statement Ramirez made to an investigator, he is also a suspect in the San Francisco double murder of 58-year-old Christina Caldwell and 70-year-old Mary Caldwell. The sisters were found stabbed to death in their Telegraph Hill apartment on February 20, 1985. While incarcerated, Ramirez openly bragged to

7885-458: Was during this period that Ramirez began to cultivate an interest in Satanism and the occult . When he reached adolescence , Ramirez began to meld his burgeoning sexual fantasies with graphic violence, including forced bondage , murder, mutilation, and rape. While still in school, he took a job at a local Holiday Inn and used his master key to rob sleeping patrons. On at least one occasion, Ramirez molested two children in an elevator at

7980-531: Was found on a mesh screen he removed to gain access through an open window. This, his second known murder, established his pattern of breaking into homes , committing particularly vicious murders, and frequently burglarizing his victims either before or after killing them, which was mainly to support his drug addiction and pay his rent. Nine months later, on March 17, 1985, Ramirez attacked 22-year-old Maria Hernandez outside her home in Rosemead , shooting her in

8075-723: Was jailed for 33 days in 1987 for reckless driving and assault of an extra on Colors (1988), claimed to receive a letter from Ramirez as a fellow inmate, to which he wrote back telling Ramirez he had no sympathy and hoped he died in the gas chamber. By the time of the trial, Ramirez had fans who were writing him letters and paying him visits. Beginning in 1985, Doreen Lioy wrote Ramirez nearly seventy-five letters during his incarceration. In 1988 he proposed to Lioy, and on October 3, 1996, they were married in California's San Quentin State Prison . For many years before Ramirez' death, Lioy stated that she would commit suicide when Ramirez

8170-519: Was later found not guilty of Jesse's murder by reason of insanity , with the shooting attributed to post-traumatic stress disorder from his military service. After his elder cousin's murder of his second wife, Ramirez dropped out of Jefferson High School in the ninth grade, shortly before the school year ended in 1975. Shortly after the shooting, Ramirez moved in with his older sister, Ruth, and her husband, Roberto, an obsessive peeping tom who took Ramirez along on his nocturnal exploits. After Mike

8265-417: Was left imprinted on her face. After cruising two other neighborhoods, he returned to Monterey Park and chose the home of Sophie Dickman, age 63. Ramirez assaulted and handcuffed Dickman at gunpoint, attempted to rape her, and stole her jewelry; when she swore to him that he had taken everything of value, he told her to "swear on Satan." Two weeks later, on July 20, Ramirez purchased a machete before driving

8360-467: Was not claimed, so it was cremated . Darkstalkers Besides video games, the Darkstalkers media franchise also includes an anime miniseries , an American animated series , a Canadian comic book series , and many books of various kinds and other media released only in Japan. Some individual characters, such as Morrigan Aensland and Felicia , appeared in later Capcom games, as well as in

8455-409: Was not hiding any money from him. On August 6, 1985, Ramirez drove to Northridge and broke into the home of 30-year-old Chris Peterson and Virginia Peterson, age 27. He crept into the bedroom, startled Virginia and shot her in the face with a .25 caliber semi-automatic handgun. He then shot Chris in the neck and attempted to flee; Chris fought back while avoiding being hit by two more shots during

8550-518: Was present on May 4, 1975, when Mike fatally shot his second wife, 26-year-old Valles, in the face with a handgun during a domestic argument. Like the graphic photos and stories of his cousin's war crimes in Vietnam, Ramirez would later similarly remark that witnessing the murder was not traumatic for him in any traditional sense, but rather a subject of fascination. After the shooting, Ramirez became sullen and withdrawn from his family and peers. Mike

8645-568: Was pulled out by angry residents Faustino Pinon and Jose Burgoin. Ramirez ran across the street and attempted to take car keys from Angelina De La Torre. Her husband, Manuel De La Torre, witnessed the attempt and struck Ramirez over the head with a fence post in the pursuit. A group of over ten residents (including Jose Burgoin's sons) formed and chased Ramirez down Hubbard Street in Boyle Heights . They soon restrained Ramirez and relentlessly beat him. At around 8 a.m., police were called over

8740-674: Was released from the mental hospital in 1977, he sometimes accompanied Ramirez and Roberto on these voyeuristic walks, spying on women in the nearby areas through their windows. In 1982, at age 22, he moved to and settled permanently in California . It was around this time that Ramirez began to use cocaine , which quickly became his substance of choice, and began to commit theft and burglaries to procure money for sustaining his addiction. He lived nomadically between San Francisco and Los Angeles County during this time prior to his incarceration. On April 10, 1984, Ramirez murdered Mei Leung,

8835-576: Was startled to see electrical sparks emanate from the cord, and when his victim began to breathe he fled the house believing that Jesus Christ had intervened to save her. Bennett survived the attack, although 478 stitches were required to close the lacerations to her scalp. On July 7, Ramirez burglarized the home of 60-year-old Joyce Lucille Nelson in Monterey Park. Finding her asleep on her living room couch, he beat her to death by stomping on her face repeatedly. A shoe print from an Avia sneaker

8930-514: Was taken under the wing of his older cousin, Miguel Angel "Mike" Valles (June 14, 1949 – April 8, 1995), a decorated Green Beret in the U.S. Army who himself had already become a serial killer and rapist during his service in the Vietnam War . Mike often boasted of committing gruesome war crimes in Vietnam, and shared Polaroid photos with Ramirez showing Vietnamese women whom he had raped, murdered, and dismembered or decapitated . It

9025-462: Was ultimately determined that Ramirez was not responsible for Singletary's death, as she was shot and killed by her boyfriend, who later committed suicide with the same weapon in a hotel. The alternate juror who replaced Singletary was too frightened to return to her home. On September 20, 1989, Ramirez was convicted of all forty-three charges: thirteen counts of murder, five attempted murders , eleven sexual assaults, and fourteen burglaries. During

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