Son charged in fatal stabbing of mom Josefina Ramirez Montero in Massapequa on Christmas Eve
Jeremy Emmanuel Lopez Ramirez is escorted from Nassau police headquarters in Mineola on Saturday. Credit: Rick Kopstein
Nassau authorities charged a 27-year-old Baldwin man in the fatal stabbing of his mother on Christmas Eve.
Jeremy Emmanuel Lopez Ramirez was charged with second-degree murder, Nassau County Police Department Capt. Stephen Fitzpatrick, commanding officer of the Homicide Squad, told reporters at a press briefing Saturday morning.
Josefina Ramirez Montero, 57, of Massapequa, was found in the living room of an Old Sunrise Highway address — an upstairs apartment — with multiple stab wounds, police said at the Saturday briefing. She was pronounced dead at a hospital, police said.
At an arraignment in Hempstead District Court just after 11 a.m., prosecutors cited a medical examiner's report in alleging that Ramirez, who is Montero's youngest son, stabbed his mother four times, including once in the heart.
Ramirez pleaded not guilty at his arraignment and was remanded without bail, according to online court records. His attorney did not respond to a request for comment.
Police displayed a photo of a dark-colored knife with a brown handle at the news conference. The blade was about 6 inches long. Fitzpatrick said police recovered surveillance video of Ramirez discarding the knife outside the home.
"This clearly seems to be some kind of domestic incident between him and his mom," Fitzpatrick said. "He is a violent, violent individual."
Fitzpatrick said Ramirez had a lengthy criminal history. The Nassau County District Attorney's Office confirmed he was sentenced for third-degree criminal possession of a weapon in June 2023.
It is unclear what caused Ramirez to stab Montero, Fitzpatrick said. Police said they believed Ramirez returned from a laundromat before the stabbing occurred and that Montero was baking dinner. They were the only two people in the home at the time of the stabbing, according to Fitzpatrick.
There was no history of reported domestic violence incidents at the home, Fitzpatrick said.
Ramirez was born in the Dominican Republic and has been in the United States since 2014, Fitzpatrick said. He has a legal visa to be in the country, Fitzpatrick said.
Ramirez, wearing blue jeans and a black sweatshirt, spoke through an interpreter at Saturday's arraignment.
He is next due in court on Tuesday.
Nassau authorities charged a 27-year-old Baldwin man in the fatal stabbing of his mother on Christmas Eve.
Jeremy Emmanuel Lopez Ramirez was charged with second-degree murder, Nassau County Police Department Capt. Stephen Fitzpatrick, commanding officer of the Homicide Squad, told reporters at a press briefing Saturday morning.
Josefina Ramirez Montero, 57, of Massapequa, was found in the living room of an Old Sunrise Highway address — an upstairs apartment — with multiple stab wounds, police said at the Saturday briefing. She was pronounced dead at a hospital, police said.
At an arraignment in Hempstead District Court just after 11 a.m., prosecutors cited a medical examiner's report in alleging that Ramirez, who is Montero's youngest son, stabbed his mother four times, including once in the heart.
Ramirez pleaded not guilty at his arraignment and was remanded without bail, according to online court records. His attorney did not respond to a request for comment.
Police displayed a photo of a dark-colored knife with a brown handle at the news conference. The blade was about 6 inches long. Fitzpatrick said police recovered surveillance video of Ramirez discarding the knife outside the home.
"This clearly seems to be some kind of domestic incident between him and his mom," Fitzpatrick said. "He is a violent, violent individual."
Fitzpatrick said Ramirez had a lengthy criminal history. The Nassau County District Attorney's Office confirmed he was sentenced for third-degree criminal possession of a weapon in June 2023.
It is unclear what caused Ramirez to stab Montero, Fitzpatrick said. Police said they believed Ramirez returned from a laundromat before the stabbing occurred and that Montero was baking dinner. They were the only two people in the home at the time of the stabbing, according to Fitzpatrick.
There was no history of reported domestic violence incidents at the home, Fitzpatrick said.
Ramirez was born in the Dominican Republic and has been in the United States since 2014, Fitzpatrick said. He has a legal visa to be in the country, Fitzpatrick said.
Ramirez, wearing blue jeans and a black sweatshirt, spoke through an interpreter at Saturday's arraignment.
He is next due in court on Tuesday.
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