Remember it well.

My family was on a sailing trip when they caught him, that was the first thing we heard when we got to the dock. Even before the lines were tied off.

Richard Ramirez was the Night Stalker. The Hillside Strangler was Kenneth Bianchi along with his cousin Angelo Buono.

I can't believe I confused the two. I worked at one of the L.A. TV stations in those days. I dealt with those stories every day. The years have blurred my memory.

I had the incorrect time frame in my OP too.

Just a few nights before he was caught he was seen in my sister’s neighborhood. A neighbor got home from work and saw him creeping around another house and he took off. I don’t know anyone who wasn’t on high alert before he was caught. Scary times.

And I believe that crowd in East LA would have killed him if they had a few more minutes before the cops arrived.

They probably would have killed him.

I recall watching a television special about him hosted by Donnie Wahlberg.

All those murderers get marriage proposals.