Richard Ramirez, the serial killer known as the Night Stalker who terrorized Los Angeles County and was convicted in 1989 of 13 murders, died Friday morning, California corrections officials said ...

Serial killer Richard Ramirez died 12 years ago on June 7, 2013. Here's everything to know about how Richard Ramirez, a.k.a. the so-called "Night Stalker," died after being sentenced to death.

Although Ramirez was sentenced to death in a California gas chamber, that surprisingly wasn't how the Night Stalker died. In 2013, he died of cancer after spending over two decades on death row.