The Hunt For The Night Stalker Richard Ramarez

Gil Carrio - The Hunt for a Serial Killer.
Nov 30, 2023

Unlike many other entries in the true crime genre, Netflix's
docuseries places its central focus not on the criminal, his
crimes, or his victims, but on the police's efforts to collect
clues, piece them together, and track him down. Obviously, Night
Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer includes plenty of (very
graphic, often disturbing) details about so-called Night Stalker
Richard Ramirez's horrific crime spree across California throughout
1985. But, as the show's full title hints, Ramirez's string of
murders, burglaries, carjackings, and sexual assaults is retraced
specifically through the lens of the detectives who spent months
trying to figure out who he was and bring him to justice.

The detectives in question were Frank Salerno and Gil Carrillo.
While Salerno was already a well-renowned detective with decades of
experience under his belt, including as the lead detective in the
"Hillside Strangler" case that plagued Los Angeles in the late
1970s, Carrillo was a relative newcomer to the L.A. County
Sheriff's Department homicide team, which caused many of his
theories about the Night Stalker case to be initially dismissed due
to his "rookie" status. Once Salerno started taking Carrillo's
hunches seriously, though, the case began to come together, leading
to Ramirez's arrest in August 1985 and Carrillo's rise to the ranks
of the country's best homicide detectives.

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