Smitten Doreen Lioy always believed Richard Ramirez was innocent. According to a CNN report in 1997, she had enthused: "He's kind, he's funny, he's charming… I think he's really a great person.

Doreen Lioy outside the gates of San Quentin Prison, after she married serial killer "Night Stalker" Richard Ramirez on Thursday Oct. 3, 1996 in San Quentin, CA.

Doreen Lioy is an American woman who gained public attention for marrying Richard Ramirez, the infamous 'Night Stalker'. She was born in Burbank, California in 1955.

Doreen Lioy outside the gates of San Quentin Prison, after she married serial killer "Night Stalker" Richard Ramirez on Thursday Oct. 3, 1996 in San Quentin, CA.

According to the outlet, Lioy sent him 75 letters throughout an 11-year period and they married in 1996. According to a 1997 CNN report, she always believed Ramirez was innocent and stated that ...

However, in 2009, Lioy left Ramirez after DNA evidence confirmed he had raped and murdered nine-year-old Mei Leung in April 1984. Unfortunately, very little is known about Doreen Lioy today.

Doreen Lioy, who later married serial killer Richard Ramirez, said she was "captivated" by his mug shot when police broke in to interrupt the TV show she was watching. Oxygen True Crime.

Among them was journalist Doreen Lioy, who had seen his mug shot on TV and perceived what she called his “vulnerability.” Advertisement They fell in love through prison Plexiglass and were ...

Netflix’s new true crime documentary series Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer explores the life and crimes of Richard Ramirez, a serial killer who terrorized San Francisco and Southern ...

Ramirez, who died in 2013 while on death row in San Quentin State Prison, married journalist Doreen Lioy in 1996. Ramirez paralyzed Los Angeles with fear during a crime spree in 1984 and 1985 that ...