Netflix just released a riveting first trailer for the documentary series, Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer. Directed by Tiller Russell (The Last Narc, Bad Boys of Summer), the upcoming docuseries details the search for the serial killer who terrorized Los Angeles in the mid 1980s.
Director Russell executive produces with Tim Walsh, Eli Holzman, and Aaron Saidman. The limited four-part docuseries will premiere on January 13, 2021.
The Night Stalker was eventually captured and revealed to be Richard Ramirez. A nationwide search culminated in his arrest with the assistance of citizens who restrained the serial killer until police could take him into custody. His trial took place in 1989 and ended with the jury finding him guilty of murder, attempted murders, sexual assaults, and multiple burglaries. Ramirez was sentenced to death but died of B-cell lymphoma while on death row.
The Plot, Courtesy of Netflix:
Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer tells the spellbinding true story of how one of the most notorious serial killers in American history was hunted down and brought to justice. In the sweltering summer of 1985, a record-breaking heatwave hit Los Angeles, along with a series of murders and sexual assaults that at first seemed disconnected. The victims were men, women, and children. They ranged in age from six to 82. They came from different neighborhoods, racial backgrounds and socioeconomic levels. Never before in criminal history had a single killer been responsible for such a grisly array of crimes.
Racing against the clock to stop this nocturnal monster were a young detective named Gil Carrillo from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and the legendary homicide investigator Frank Salerno. As they worked tirelessly to solve the case, the media hounded their tracks, and panic gripped California.
Told through harrowing first-person interviews, gripping archival footage and spectacular original photography, this four-part series represents the definitive telling of this iconic L.A. real-life horror story, painting a portrait of how it felt to live in fear at a time when absolutely anyone could be the Night Stalker’s next victim.
