On August 17, as SFGate reported, Ramirez entered the Lake Merced home of Barbara and Peter Pan, killing Peter before beating and shooting Barbara. Screenrant speculates that Ramirez chose his victim, 66-year-old Peter Pan because, as a self-proclaimed Satanist (per the Sydney Morning Herald), perhaps Ramirez wanted to send a message by murdering someone who shared a name with a beloved cultural figure.
As Medical Daily reports, Ramirez died of B-cell lymphoma in 2013, and so many of the twists and turns of the case will forever be speculation. What we do know is that Barbara Pan survived and was among the victims who later were able to identify Ramirez.
Following the Pan murder, Mayor Feinstein made the unusual decision to release a sketch of the suspect and describe key evidence that police were searching for, including a pair of Avia sneakers that matched footprints at various crime scenes. Ramirez must have been watching, because he went on to throw those sneakers off the Golden Gate Bridge. But more than evidence was lost; after fleeing the Bay Area, he went on to brutally attack another couple in their bed, as the Orange Counter Register reports. On August 31, 1985, Ramirez (per All That's Interesting) was beaten and subdued by a group of East LA residents who'd recognized him, and held him until police could arrive.
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