Richard Ramirez did the illegal act of invading someone's home.
 Ramirez also frequently enjoyed degrading and humiliating his victims, especially those who survived his attacks or whom he explicitly decided not to kill, by forcing them to profess that they loved Satan, or telling them to "swear on Satan" that there were no more valuables left in their homes he had broken into and burglarized
On August 6, 1985, Ramirez drove to Northridge and broke into the home of Chris and Virginia Peterson

