Tiller Russell

director of the new Netflix docuseries “Night Stalker”

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The Night Stalker (Richard Ramirez) was a serial killer who murdered more than a dozen people and terrorized LA for months in 1985.

Netflix series chronicles how 2 detectives hunted down the Night Stalker in the 1980s

The Night Stalker (Richard Ramirez) was a serial killer who murdered more than a dozen people and terrorized LA for months in 1985.

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