Homicide Report > Salvador Ramirez Sr., 46 [Updated]
Salvador Ramirez Sr., 46 [Updated]
Died March 25, 2010 at 1:08 p.m.
Salvador Ramirez Sr., a 46-year-old Latino, died Thursday, March 25, in the 200 block of East Navilla Place in Covina, according to Los Angeles County coroner's officials.
An initial report from the coroner listed Ramirez's case as a homicide and gave the cause of death as a gunshot to the head. Coroner's officials later deferred a final determination.
Lt. Patrick Buchanan of the Covina Police Department, who is investigating the case, told The Times that Ramirez did not die from a gunshot wound to the head and had not been shot at all.
Buchanan said investigators are awaiting autopsy results from the coroner’s office, which will take another six to eight weeks, before deciding whether they will proceed with a homicide investigation.
When asked for the circumstances surrounding Ramirez's death, Buchanan said that Ramirez was found unresponsive by his roommate and pronounced dead at the scene.
The Times is continuing to look into this case to reconcile the death accounts from police and the coroner's office.
[Updated April 1 at 4:17: Ed Winter, a spokesman for the coroner's office, confirmed that the victim's cause of death has been deferred. Winter said Ramirez suffered from a penetrating wound to the head, however investigators are still trying to determine what caused the trauma.]
[Updated Feb. 28, 2011: Ramirez's death was ruled an accident, coroner's officials said. He fell at his home and died from blunt-force trauma to the head. Officials said Ramirez was an alcoholic who suffered from cirrhosis, or scarring of the liver.]
— Sarah Ardalani
Four reader comments about Salvador Ramirez Sr.
i am sal ramirez's girlfriend and when i saw this i was in shock that someone would actually say he was shot but i believe you guys need to look into the reports a little closer cause there was no gunshot or foul play according to the detectives! this is a tuff time for me and the family and to see this then to hear that its not correct information from the detective you should be ashamed of yourselves for making us run around trying to find out what happend to someone we loved so much :( SAL YOU ARE MISSED VERY MUCH I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU, LOVE ALWAYS YOUR BABYGIRL
March 31, 2010 at 3:51 p.m.
How can the coroners report be so off base about a gunshot wound to the head?
Is the coroners office beginning to suffer from some quality issues?
March 31, 2010 at 5:16 p.m.
I am the son of Sal Ramirez, and i wana start off by cutting the CRAP, My Pops had no girlfriend at the time of his passing, a few exes he had for shure. I was the closest one to him and in the end I was there for him like he always was for me, I had him brought to covina to help make his life better and keep him away from the B.S. AND THEN THIS HAPPENS. Me and my family mourn him esspecialy me EVERY ONE ELSES PAIN IS INSEGNIFICANT. IN THE END MY MOM WAS THE ONLY WOMEN IN HIS LIFE THAT WAS THERE TO HELP AND SHOW THE LOVE FOR MY DAD NOT TO MENTION CAM, THIS SITUATION HAS SHOWN ME WHO REALLY CARED FOR MY FATHER AND I. YOUR GOINNG TO BE MISSED DAD Sal Ramirez- HULK. REST IN PEACE POPS, ME AND OUR FAMILY LOVE AND MISS U. ILL SEE YOU AT THE JORDAN RIVER... love Your Son NOEL RAMIREZ- lil HULK A'S R.I.P HULK
April 23, 2010 at 11:26 a.m.
Hi I am really concern about the report that now coroners Give to the families who have lost a love one. we don't know what to believe, the only truth is that they have not worked hard enough to find out what really happen.. Noel I know how u feel, my dad a sister and I came to cross the border from Nayarit Mexico 12yrs ago. when I was only 14yrs , 3weeks after my Sis and I were able to cross we left my dad in sonora mexico the coyote told us he had to stay because of he's age. But litle did we knew my dad was already dead. I regret that I didn't give him a kiss or a hug before we cross the border.. but god gave me what no one could the peace and the love that I needed it when I was lost he found me, and now I live for him glory be to lord almighty . But the reason why
Writing to you is to ask if your dad had another last and if he did can u please email me it's been 12yrs I'm in the search of my grandparents and uncles we never meet them my family was too big for my daddy to afford the fees for the bus. I cannot give more info because I don't want people to take in anyway advange of my search I hope u understand. God bless you and your family Forgot to tell you I have in my records my dad had a brother named like your dad
Dec. 28, 2010 at 11:07 a.m.
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