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Joyce Lucille Brown Nelson, a 60-year-old woman of Caucasian descent, was tragically murdered in her home in Monterey Park, Los Angeles County, California, on the night of July 6, 1985. She was asleep on her couch when Richard Ramirez, infamously known as the 'Night Stalker,' broke into her residence. Ramirez brutally beat Joyce Nelson to death before ransacking her home for valuables. Her murder was part of a series of violent crimes committed by Ramirez during his reign of terror across Califo ...Read More
Victim Details

Joyce Nelson

Female

White / Caucasian

Monterey Park

CA

1985-07-08

60

Joyce

Nelson

11/11/2025