Cynthia Horner, a former magazine editor, shares the surprising story of Doreen Lioy's relationship with serial killer Richard Ramirez, revealing details about their connection and the public's enduring fascination with the case.
Cynthia Horner, along with the rest of the world, was stunned to hear that Doreen Lioy had developed a relationship with the ' Night Stalker .' The magazine editor for Tiger Beat married Richard Ramirez in 1996 in a visiting room at San Quentin Prison. The serial killer , who died in 2013 at age 53 while awaiting execution, is the subject of a new true-crime docuseries on Peacock, ' Richard Ramirez : The Night Stalker Tapes.
' The special, available for streaming, is based on 25 hours of audio prison recordings of Ramirez from death row, as well as new sit-downs with relatives and loved ones of the victims. 'People always ask me about Richard Ramirez because they’re still fascinated, even 40 years later,' Horner explained to Fox News Digital. 'They’re fascinated and horrified at the same time.' 'I think we can all learn some lessons from this story. Just because someone is incarcerated, and they’re willing to write to you, that doesn’t mean that you need to give your life to them.' Lioy, whose past televised interviews are featured in the docuseries, didn’t participate. The 69-year-old didn’t immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. Horner was working as an editor for Right On! Magazine in the late ‘70s when she met Lioy. Both women worked at the same publishing company. 'Right On! focused heavily on Michael Jackson,' Horner shared. 'And of course, Tiger Beat featured all the teen idols that were on different television shows like ‘The Partridge Family.’ We had a photo studio on the company premises where all the stars came to do their shoots. We were all very friendly with each other at the office. Some of us even hung out at night.' One day at the office, Horner noticed that many colleagues were visibly upset. She learned that Lioy had become pen pals with Ramire
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