Police were unsure of this killer at first. He would often kill with knife, hammer, and gun, rape victims genitally, orally, and anally, and on a random occurrence would mess with the bodies after being deceased, rarely, he would let his victims live. However, he would leave signs behind that eventually lead back to him. Ramirez was arrested on August 31, 1985. However, this arrest was not an easy one. He was first spotted by civilians and forced to flee, he attempted to try to steal a car that failed. He later ran 2 miles and was surrounded by sirens he tried to hide in homes but they shut the door on him. A group of bystanders attacked Ramirez and held him down until law enforcement got there. The attack was instructed by a metal pole, he was hit until he dropped to the ground …show more content…
When police found him he was severely beaten, he had attempted to carjack two cars and failing led to being beaten. When the police arrived he was excited to see him not knowing they were there for him. “Save me!”(Brown ) Ramirez yelled as the police had him in handcuffs. Then he told the police that those people were going to kill him and he is so glad they came, not knowing what was coming ahead. Ramirez later in custody told cops that he loved killing people and watching them die, he goes on in detail about what happens to them when they die. Ramirez's first time on trial he yelled in the courtroom “Hail Satan”(Brown) Waiting in jail, Ramirez's trial kept getting delayed. Ramirez was eventually charged with 43 charges, broking down into 13 murders, 5 attempted murders, 11 charges of sexual assault, and 14 charges of burglary. Ramirez was charged with many counts of sexual assault, and robbing, and had the intent of killing charges(SC 5). He was available for the death sentence. He had over 100 years of imprisonment. As Ramirez arrived at the gas chamber his response was “Hey, big deal. Death comes with the