MURDERED: Maribel Ramos
When 36-year-old Maribel Ramos doesn’t show up to her weekly softball game, her friends and family immediately know something is wrong. And that sense of dread only increases when they go to her house, only to discover there’s no trace of her—despite her car still being in the garage. As investigators dig into the case, the signs quickly begin to point to one of the people closest to Maribel.
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Episode Source Material
- Netflix: Worst Roommate Ever: Be Careful of the Quiet Ones (Season 1, Episode 2).
- KTLA (Los Angeles, CA): Cal State Fullerton Student, Army Vet Reported Missing, by Shawn McGinnis and Kennedy Ryan.
- NBC Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA): Cal State Fullerton Student, Army Vet Missing for 5 Days, by Heather Navarro.
- The Orange County Register (Irvine, CA): Orange police continue to search for missing student, by Alejandra Molina and Sean Emery.
- KTLA (Los Angeles, CA): Search Continues for Missing Student, Army Veteran, by Kellan Connor.
- Santa Ana Orange County Register (Santa Ana, CA): Sister of missing veteran: ‘I’m going to keep looking for her’, by Alejandra Molina.
- The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA): Concern over missing woman, by Rick Rojas and Anh Do.
- The Orange County Register (Irvine, CA): Prayers for missing woman, by Denisse Salazar and Alejandra Molina.
- The Orange County Register (Irvine, CA): Awareness walk for missing veteran to be held at Peters Canyon, by Alejandra Molina.
- The Orange County Register (Irvine, CA): Search planned for missing CSUF student, by Alejandra Molina and Denisse Salazar.
- The Orange County Register (Irvine, CA): Body found at Modjeska Canyon.
- KTLA (Los Angeles, CA): OC Body Identified as Maribel Ramos; Roommate Arrested, by Shawn McGinnis and Kennedy Ryan.
- The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA): Remains of O.C. Woman recovered; man held, by Rick Rojas.
- The Signal (Santa Clarita, CA): Body found is missing Orange County woman, by Associated Press.
- The Orange County Register (Irvine, CA): Roommate held in veteran’s slaying/Missing veteran found dead, by Alejandra Molina, Salvador Hernandez, and Sean Emery.
- KTLA (Los Angeles, CA): Roommate Charged in Death of CSU Fullerton Student, by Tony Kurzweil.
- The Orange County Register (Irvine, CA): Roommate charged with murder, by Vik Jolly, Alyssa Duranty, and Alejandra Molina.
- NBC Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA): Vet Made 911 Call “Afraid” Days Before Death, by Vikki Vargas and Kelly Goff.
- The Orange County Register (Los Angeles, CA): Web search cracked missing woman case, prosecutors say, by Claudia Koerner.
- KTLA (Los Angeles, CA): Closing Arguments Begin for Roommate Accused of Murdering Army Vet, by Chip Yost.
- ABC 7 (Los Angeles, CA): Missing CSUF student trial: Closing arguments begin, by KABC.
- NBC Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA): Accused Killer Was in Love With Slain Roommate: Prosecutors, by Vikki Vargas and Jeanne Kuang.
- KTLA (Los Angeles, CA): Murder Can’t Be Proved in Death of Maribel Ramos: Defense Attorney, by Melissa Pamer and Chip Yost.
- NBC Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA): Victim’s Sister Speaks Out As Jurors Deliberate Army Veteran’s Murder, by Vikki Vargas and Kelly Goff.
- KTLA (Los Angeles, CA): Roommate Found Guilty of 2nd-Degree Murder in Death of Maribel Ramos, by Melissa Pamer and Chip Yost.
- ABC7 (Los Angeles, CA): Maribel Ramos murder trial: Roommate convicted of 2nd-degree murder, by KABC.
- ABC7 (Los Angeles, CA): Exclusive: KC Joy, Maribel Ramos’ murderer, speaks out, by KABC.
- KTLA (Los Angeles, CA): Maribel Ramos’ Killer Sentenced to 15 Years to Life in Prison, Says He Cared for Victim ‘More Than Anyone’, by Melissa Pamer and Chip Yost.
- ABC7 (Los Angeles, CA): KC Joy gets 15 years to life in prison for Maribel Ramos murder, by Greg Lee and ABC7.com staff.
- Peacock: Dateline NBC: Mystery in Orange County (Season 23, Episode 5).
- Discovery Plus: Control Alt Delete: Web of Lies (Season 5, Episode 6).
- Casetext: People v Joy (2016). Court of Appeal of the State of California; Fourth Appellate District Division Three.
- Casetext: People v Joy (2020). Court of Appeal of the State of California; Fourth Appellate District Division Three.
- Dateline NBC Podcast: Mystery in Orange County: Behind the Scenes (episode).
- Discovery Plus: See No Evil: The Rent Check (Season 8, Episode 2).
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