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In the NBC docudrama, Manhunt: Search for the Night Stalker Ramirez's crimes, M.O., signature and his eventual trial unfold. Also the book Whoever Fights Monsters by Robert Ressler and Tom Shachtman, detail many of the characteristics of organized and disorganized killers, as well as how to profile one.

In order for one to become a serial killer, not only is a bad childhood is needed but also the preteen years only contribute to the corrupt development of a person. "…Most children who come from dysfunctional early childhoods don't go on to murder…the reason for this is that the majority are rescued by strong hands in the next phase of childhood, that of preadolescence—but our subjects were definitely not saved from drowning; they were pushed further under in this phase of their lives."(Ressler 85). Most likely Ramirez experienced emotional trauma as a child, and had always been a loner. At the age of 12 his cousin became a father figure to him, only progressing his skewed view......

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