He was too shy to go up to a girl and ask her for a date, he said. They lost to the Celtics in a seven-game series. Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett has revealed that late serial killer Richard Ramirez, aka The Night Stalker, was a fan of his band, and that Ramirez was most upset when he was unable to attend the quartet's May 2003 gig at San Quentin Prison as, at the time, he was on death row in the prison awaiting his punishment for 13 murders, 5 attempted . Frito-Lay . As a 12-year-old, Richard or Richie, as he was known to his family was strongly influenced by his older cousin, Miguel Ramirez, also known as Mike who was a decorated U.S Army Green Beret combat veteran who often bragged of his gruesome exploits during the Vietnam War. They often took the children to a nearby church, later demolished for construction of a freeway interchange that neighborhood residents call the spaghetti bowl.. Adolescent Ramirez began to mend his burgeoning sexual fantasies with violence, including forced bondage and rape. Usually one tab of acid is a lot. Crystal Ponti. . The same goes for numerous serial killers. Eva claimed that she and the serial killer exchanged poems, initially for a . Again, the husband was executed. . Five years later, Ramirez received a bizarre letter from one of his lovesick groupies that alluded to helping him bust out of prison. The criminal killed at least 13 people and carried out a string of home invasions and an array of violent crimes in the mid-1980s in California. RICHARD RAMIREZ, Super. Beginning in June 1984 Richard Ramirez, the ill-famed "Night Stalker," went on a killing spree in California, mutilating and murdering at least 13 people.