(KRON) — Subsequent week marks 10 years since Joel Ramirez was murdered in San Leandro. Police have lengthy mentioned the lethal capturing was doubtless a case of mistaken id. Now, town has elevated the reward cash to assist crack this chilly case murder.
Ramirez would have turned 31 years previous subsequent week. The aspiring police officer was shot to loss of life inside his automobile whereas it was parked in his driveway on Kenilworth Avenue in San Leandro.
“It was just a great loss for the family; for his mother, for the brother, for the father, for all the people that, you know, that loved him,” mentioned Ramirez’s aunt, Delia Aceves. “Because he was loved, and he was in love. He had a bright future ahead of him and it was just cut short. Too short.”
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The San Leandro Police Division has not introduced any new leads on this murder. Investigators say it was doubtless a case of mistaken id. However this week, town council elevated the reward cash in Ramirez’s case from $50,000 to $150,000.
The division can be providing the identical quantity for data resulting in arrests and convictions in two different chilly instances, together with the Oct. 9, 2010, double homicides of Marius Robinson and Kwame Nunn, and the March 22, 2013, homicide of Delun “Allan” Pan.
“We have not forgotten,” mentioned San Leandro Mayor Juan Gonzalez. “We believe in justice for the victims of crime.”
“Somebody has to be out there who knows something and we just, you know, pleading to them that please do the right thing and come forward,” mentioned Aceves.
In an announcement, San Leandro PD Chief Angela Averiett says, partly:
“Our detectives remain committed to pursuing all leads and working tirelessly on these investigations. However, community input is critical. Someone out there knows something that could make the difference.”
“There’s a hotline, you know, that they can do it anonymously,” mentioned Aceves.
“Leads have gone cold. By providing a renewed interest — an incentive for folks in the public to come forward with information, we think it helps families understand that they’re not forgotten,” mentioned Mayor Gonzalez. “It demonstrates our commitment to justice, but more importantly, we hope that the renewed focus on these cases will actually result in justice.”
Through the years, the group has held candlelight vigils in Joel Ramirez’s honor. His mom has since moved in another country, however nonetheless clings to hope that someday her son’s case is lastly solved.
