New Netflix docu-series Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer to track horrific murders of Richard Ramirez
NETFLIX has teased new docu-series Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer to track the horrific murders of Richard Ramirez.
A spine-tingling trailer has dropped for the streaming service's latest true crime offering.
The four part series tells the story of Ramirez who went on a rampant killing spree across Los Angeles in the summer of 1985.
His crimes ranged from sexual assault to murder and he appeared indiscriminate when it came to his victims, who were from varied backgrounds, both young and old.
One person commented in the trailer: "You could sense it - there was evil in that man."
While a victim recalled the moment she was attacked and said: "He has this horrible big grin, he's missing all these teeth. He just stared at me like a killer clown."
The series synopsis reads: "In the sweltering summer of 1985, a record-breaking heatwave hit Los Angeles, along with a series of murders and sexual assaults that at first seemed disconnected.
"The victims were men, women, and children. They ranged in age from six to 82. They came from different neighborhoods, racial backgrounds, and socioeconomic levels.
"Never before in criminal history had a single killer been responsible for such a grisly array of crimes."
The description continued: "Racing against the clock to stop this nocturnal monster were a young detective named Gil Carrillo from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and the legendary homicide investigator Frank Salerno.
"As they worked tirelessly to solve the case, the media hounded their tracks, and panic gripped California."
Directed by Tiller Russell, the new series is set to debut on Netflix on January 13 next year.
The story of Ramirez, his crimes and his final imprisonment is told through first-person interviews, archive footage, photographs and reenactments.
Ramirez ended up on death row but died in 2013 due to complications from B-cell lymphoma.