Coroner: ‘Night Stalker’ Richard Ramirez Died of Cancer

SAN QUENTIN, Calif. (KTLA) — Richard Ramirez, the convicted rapist and serial killer known as the Night Stalker, died of complications from blood cancer. Ramirez, who terrorized Southern California in 1984 and ’85 with a series of murders and rapes, died at Marin General Hospital on June 7, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. On Monday, the Marin County coroner’s office announced Ramirez died of complications related to B-cell lymphoma. At the time of his death Ramirez had other significant conditions, including “chronic substance abuse and chronic hepatitis C viral infection,” according to the coroner’s report.

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