was missing. now ramirez knew it was time for one last meeting with k.c. joy. well, thanks for coming down here voluntarily, i really appreciate it. if you give me a ride back to library i ll have to walk ramirez didn t tell k.c. that maribel had been found. he just tried for the final time to get k.c. to be the one who would say what had happened. k.c., i think that you have the answers in your heart, that you do and that you should share them i ll go. so once again k.c. joy walked out of the interview room. he didn t get far. this time he was arrested and charged with the murder of maribel ramos. the woman he had loved who had not loved him. when he was taken into custody, k.c. joy was wearing maribel s dog tags. k.c. joy pleaded not guilty and in july 2014, a year after
maribel ramos was missing and her family was frantic. as soon as i got the call she didn t show up for her baseball game, i got the worst feeling in the world. putting himself out there with all the rest was maribel s roommate, k.c. joy. she s the only family i have. she was like my best friend. that s all. k.c. had moved from tennessee to southern california for a job. he had no family and few friends here. so he turned to maribel, and she was happy to include him. she even arranged for k.c. to tutor her niece in math. he seemed nice, respectful. he liked to be involved with the family and my aunt. he didn t have family of his own so he kind of attached himself to yours? yeah. but they weren t boyfriend and girlfriend? no. even so, in photos, maribel and k.c. seemed to be having a great time. they even went on a cruise together. soon, police would be talking with k.c. joy.
maribel vanished, he went on trial for her murder. miss maribel ramos. maribel is no longer with us. the prosecution laid out the evidence against k.c. the unrequited love. the scratches. the 911 call. and finally the computer searches. he s wondering how close is maribel s body to where they re doing that awareness search? that s why he goes to google maps. the defense pointed out there was no dna, fingerprints, cell phone info, or standard forensic evidence that tied k.c. joy to maribel s murder or to the crime scene. we don t know what happened. what kind of force was used? nobody knows. who used it first? nobody knows. was there a weapon used? was it used by maribel or was it used by k.c. joy? nobody knows. all true. but the computer searches were
now the woman k.c. told lucy he wanted had told him not only did she not love him, but he had to basically get out of her life. despite that, k.c. continued talking with police. mr. joy was being cooperative. he was. talking to officers, let you guys take stuff out of the house? he did. and never showed up with a lawyer? he did not. doesn t sound like that did a lot to set aside your suspicions? no, it didn t. suspicions, sure. but no proof a crime had even occurred. maribel ramos was missing. that s all anyone knew. ready, sir? and so k.c. joy walked out of that police station, like all the other men in maribel s life, a free man. finally the clue they had been waiting for and you won t
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