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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Fresno Police announced the city’s archetypal homicide of 2025 aft 62-year-old Shirla Ramirez was found dormant successful her home Monday. Fresno Police person identified 35-year-old Brad Ramirez, the victim’s son, arsenic the killer.
Shirla Ramirez’s day was this past Sunday. Her co-workers sent her day messages, but nary 1 got a reply back. They got truthful disquieted they called a payment cheque connected Shirla.
“We received a telephone for work astatine the East Cortland address. A coworker was disquieted due to the fact that Shirla didn't amusement up to work, and that was precise dissimilar her,” Interim Police Chief Mindy Casto said.
“It comes arsenic a astonishment present due to the fact that everything is quiescent astir here. I mean, there's hardly thing that happens astir here. This is conscionable a shock,” Shirla’s neighbour Ralph said. “She was conscionable a bully lady, you know, to spot me, archer her hi, bye. You know, that’s astir it. She astir apt walked up and down a mates of times and that's astir it. We hardly ever spot her.”
Shirla called disconnected of enactment past Friday and had not been heard from each weekend. Her day was connected Sunday, and she did not reply to immoderate day messages.
“They contacted constabulary to person a payment cheque conducted astatine Shirley's residence. And erstwhile officers arrived, they recovered that the beforehand doorway was ajar. They went successful and recovered Shirley successful the backmost of the house, bloodied up and deceased,” Casto said.
As officers were investigating, they learned that Shirla’s car was recovered successful westbound Fresno County by California Highway Patrol aft being progressive successful a collision, linking Shirla’s lad to her death.
“Brad Ramirez, 35-years-old, was recovered adjacent wherever the car was located by Fresno County deputies, wherever they contacted him. And helium ran from them and was taken into custody and detained. He received attraction astatine CRC and upon merchandise helium was booked for execution successful the Fresno County Jail,” Casto said.
Her quiescent vicinity was near rattled.
“I conscionable anticipation that everything conscionable stays harmless astir it for everybody, not conscionable here, but astir everywhere,” Ralph said.
Detectives are inactive moving to find a motive. Those who person immoderate accusation that would assistance the probe are asked to interaction Fresno Police.
