Doreen Lioy, center, of San Rafael, Calif., walks with her head bowed as she and author Phillip Carlo, left, are escorted by prison guards to the media gathered outside the gates of San Quentin Prison ...

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. AP Photo/Lacy Atkins ...

AP Photo/Lacy Atkins Doreen Lioy outside the gates of San Quentin Prison, after she married serial killer "Night Stalker" ...

In 1996, serial killer Richard Ramirez married 41-year-old freelance magazine editor Doreen Lioy in a visiting room at San Quentin prison. Her whereabouts were unknown at the time of his death.

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.

A wedding photograph of "Night Stalker" Richard Ramirez and Doreen Lioy outside the gates of San Quentin Prison on October 3, 1996. Lioy said she was "captivated" by Ramirez's mug shot.

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 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.