Second person charged with 2014 beating death of Victor Ramirez in Little Village

Jeff Mayes — Sat, 01 Aug 2015 21:21:06 -0500

By MITCHELL ARMENTROUT
Chicago Sun-Times Wire

Miriam Romero | Chicago Police

Bond was set at $250,000 Saturday for a 22-year-old woman charged with being part of a group that beat Victor Ramirez to death last summer in Little Village on the Southwest Side.

Miriam Romero is the second person charged with murder for the Aug.31, 2014 attack that left the 23-year-old dead in the 4100 block of West 26th Street, according to Chicago Police. Alvaro Perez, 20, was charged last October and remains in the Cook County Jail on a $1 million bond, Homicide Watch Chicago previously reported.

Ramirez was walking about 5:30 a.m. that day when a group in a passing vehicle yelled gang slogans, prosecutors said at Perez’s bond October bond hearing.

The group got out of the vehicle, and beat and kicked Ramirez. When Ramirez fell to the ground, the group stomped on his head, prosecutors said.

They then got back into the vehicle and drove over the injured Ramirez, prosecutors claim.

Alvaro Perez | Chicago Police

Ramirez, who lived in the 3000 block of West 41st Street, died a short time later at a hospital, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

The attack was captured on video by nearby surveillance cameras and multiple witnesses identified Perez as the person who stomped on Ramirez’s head, prosecutors said.

The witnesses gave police a description of the vehicle, and officers searching the area found the vehicle parked down the street from Perez’s home, prosecutors said.

The vehicle was registered to Perez, and blood recovered from the wheel and undercarriage matched that of Ramirez, authorities said.

Romero, of the 2100 block of South Carpenter, was arrested earlier this week and charged with first-degree murder. A judge on Saturday ordered her held on a $250,000 bond, according to the Cook County sheriff’s office. She is due back in court Monday.

Miriam Romero | Homicide Watch Chicago

Second person charged with 2014 beating death of Victor Ramirez in Little Village