'Night Stalker' serial killer dies in California prison  Richard
Ramirez in court in 1985 showing a pentagram on his palm Ramirez
was arrested in 1985  US serial killer Richard Ramirez - known
as the "Night Stalker" - has died in hospital in California.
Ramirez, 53, was on death row in San Quentin prison after being
convicted in 1989 of 13 murders. Officials said he died of
natural causes.  Ramirez terrorised Southern California in
1984-5 with a rampage of sexual assault and murder.  Satanic
symbols were left at some of the murder scenes by the killer,
who broke into victims' homes at night.  Ramirez was captured
and beaten by residents in East Los Angeles in 1985 as he
attempted to hijack a car.  He was recognised from a photo
published in newspapers after police identified him as a suspect
from a fingerprint.  Los Angeles prosecutor Alan Yochelson, who
was involved in the case, said his death ended "a pretty tragic
period in the history of Los Angeles County".  "Richard Ramirez
hurt a lot of people and I t