Decade-Long Manhunt Ends: San Jose Homicide Suspect Captured in Mexico and Extradited

(KRON) — A person accused of stabbing and killing a lady in San Jose in 2013 was arrested in Mexico and extradited again to america, the San Jose Police Division introduced Tuesday. Authorities had looked for greater than a decade for 37-year-old Juan Ramirez.

On the afternoon of March 22, 2013, San Jose police responded to a report of a stabbing within the 900 block of North First Avenue. Arriving officers discovered a lady affected by a number of stab wounds. The sufferer was rushed to an space hospital, the place she later succumbed to her accidents.

The killing was the town’s tenth murder of 2013.

Ramirez, a San Jose resident, was recognized because the suspect following an investigation by the SJPD Murder Unit, police stated. Authorities realized that Ramirez fled to Mexico, leaving his whereabouts unknown for over a decade.

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The manhunt for Ramirez got here to an finish in Mexico on July 16, 2024, the place the INTERPOL investigation led legislation enforcement to apprehend the wished man.

Ramirez was extradited from Mexico to the U.S. on Friday earlier than being booked into the Santa Clara County Jail for homicide.

“Our victim passed away twelve years ago, but she was never forgotten,” San Jose Police Chief Paul Joseph said in a statement announcing the developments in the case. “Since the day she was murdered, our Homicide Detectives worked relentlessly to find the suspect. Now we have Suspect Ramirez back in San José, ready to be held accountable for this atrocious killing.”

Regardless of the arrest being made, SJPD is asking anybody with data on the case to contact Lieutenant Barg at [email protected] or 408-277-5283.