Eduardo Cruz was beaten to death in Northwest D.C. on Jan. 22. Cruz had reportedly objected after his neighbor, Jose Ramos, was being too loud. Ramos and his friends allegedly reacted to this complaint with a lethal beatdown.
“Cruz was heard asking for forgiveness repeatedly while Ramos and a group of others allegedly insulted him and physically attacked him,” one local outlet reported, citing court documents.
Cruz was found, bloodied and unconscious, a mile away in a parked car, and he soon died.
After Cruz was killed, but before Ramos was arrested for the murder, Ramos was due in court for a totally separate assault in Virginia (his fourth assault charge). Ramos missed that court date on June 15 because he was arrested that morning “carrying 17 bags of cocaine at a 7-Eleven,” according to a news report. He was, according to police, high on cocaine at the time.
The next month, July 2022, the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force found and arrested Ramos for the deadly assault on Cruz.
