9-year-old Mei Leung, who lived with her siblings and her mother, was brutally stabbed and kill*ed in 1984. Richard Ramirez, the “Night Stalker,” was the prime suspect.
Netflix in 2021 released a docu-series named ” Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer” following the life of notorious Richard Ramirez.
Key Takeaways
- 9-year-old Mei Leung was one of the victims of the heinous criminal Richard Ramirez, known as “Night Stalker’.
- At the time of her murd*r, Mei Leung lived with her mother, who moved to the USA from Hong Kong. In 2009, Mei’s mother lived somewhere else in San Fransico.
- However, Mei’s parents’ whereabouts are currently completely unknown.
On April 10, 1984, nine-year-old Mei Leung was discovered in a chilling scene in the basement of her family’s San Francisco apartment.
Partially nude and hanging from her blouse, she had been r*ped and brutally stabbed before being strung up in what appeared to be a sacrificial manner.
The case left a profound impact on the responding officers.
Michael Mullane and Ronald Schneider were among the officers who found her.
Furthermore, Ronald Schneider described Mei’s posture as reminiscent of Christ on the cross.
For over two decades, Mei’s brutal mur*er remained unsolved until a DNA breakthrough in 2009 identified Richard Ramirez, the notorious “Night Stalker,” as the prime suspect.
At the time, Ramirez was already on “Death Row” for a series of other heinous crimes.
Although he was never charged for Mei’s murd*r, she is believed to have been his youngest and likely is the first victim.
Mei Leung was part of an immigrant family that had come from to San Francisco from Hong Kong in 1980.
Like many immigrant families, they likely came seeking better opportunities and a new life in the USA.
The family consisted of Mei, her mother, Yuk Yin Leung, one brother, and two sisters.
Mei’s mother, Yuk Yin Leung was a restaurant worker which was a common occupation for Asian immigrants in areas like San Francisco.
In 2009, when Richard Ramirez was linked to the kill*ng of her daughter, Mei, Yuk Yin Leung was still living in San Francisco.
However, she was no longer at the same address.
When the media tried to get a comment out of her, Yuk Yin Leung refused to comment, indicating the lasting impact of the trauma.
At the time of writing, the whereabouts of Mei Young’s family are completely unknown to the public.
It’s important to respect the privacy of the family and recognize that the trauma from such an event ripples out through time.
In Case You Didn’t Know
- Mei Leung was born on August 3, 1974, in China.
- A second DNA evidence was found on the crime scene, although the suspect has never been identified.