Gregory Ramos was a fifteen year old teen killer from Florida who would murder his mother Gail Cleavenger
According to court documents Gregory Ramos would get into an argument with his mother Gail Cleavenger over his grades when Ramos would attack the woman strangling her to death. Ramos would then call two of his friends to help him dispose of the body and stage the home to look like a robbery. Ramos would then call 911 to say his house was robbed and someone had murdered his mother. Needless to say his story fell apart pretty quickly
Gregory Ramos would be arrested and ultimately plead guilty to murder and sentenced to forty five years in prison
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| DC Number: | 050965 |
|---|---|
| Name: | RAMOS, GREGORY L |
| Race: | WHITE |
| Sex: | MALE |
| Birth Date: | 06/14/2003 |
| Initial Receipt Date: | 01/28/2021 |
| Current Facility: | SUWANNEE C.I. ANNEX |
| Current Custody: | CLOSE |
| Current Release Date: | 11/12/2062 |
Gregory Ramos Case
A Florida teenager has pleaded guilty to murder charges, admitting he killed his mother and buried her body under a church fire pit.
Gregory Ramos pleaded guilty on Wednesday to first-degree Murder , abuse of a body and tampering with evidence.
Now 17, Ramos was 15 years old in 2018 when he got into a fight with his mother over his grades, the Orlando Sentinel reports. He admitted to strangling 46-year-old Gail Cleavenger, then calling two friends to help him bury her body and stage a robbery at his house.
He was charged as an adult.
During court proceedings, Ramos’ public defender told the judge the teen regrets his actions and is trying to better himself behind bars.
“He’s extremely remorseful and he regrets his actions every day,” Matthew Phillips, Ramos’ public defender, told the court, according to WKMG-TV, “and he’s been trying to be productive; while he’s been in custody, he has been obtaining a high school diploma.”
Ramos initially called 911 after arriving home from school on November 2, 2018. When detectives arrived, he told them he came home to discover that the house had been robbed. He alleged that his mother was missing, but her van was still running in the driveway.
Upon further interrogation, Ramos changed his story, saying that they fought over a “D” grade he’d received in school. During the altercation, he strangled her. He said it took about 30 minutes for him to kill her.
He then called two friends to help him cover up the killing. They have both been charged as adults with being accessories after the fact to a capital felony. They have both pleaded not guilty.
Ramos faces 45 years in prison on the first-degree murder charge, but the case can be reviewed after 25 years because he was a minor when he killed his mother. Ramos’ plea asks that he serve sentences for the two lesser charges concurrently with the murder charge. Upon his release, he will spend the rest of is life on probation.
He will be sentenced in January 2021.
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Gregory Ramos Sentencing
A teenager was sentenced to 45 years in prison Friday, a month after pleading guilty to charges of killing his mother and disposing of her body during an argument over his grades.
Gregory Ramos was 15 when he killed Gail Cleavenger in November 2018, court records show. During a hearing Friday, the judge said the sentence would be reviewed after 25 years, and Ramos would stay on probation for the rest of his life once he’s released from prison, WESH reported.
Ramos, 17, pleaded guilty in December to charges of first-degree murder, tampering with evidence and abuse of a dead body.
Investigators said Ramos confessed to strangling his mother after they argued over his grades.
The judge allowed Ramos’ 84-year-old grandmother to see him up close during Friday’s hearing. She said she would always be with her grandson and prayed with him, the television station reported
The teen’s aunts and uncles shared memories of Cleavenger and told the court they felt as though they had lost her and her son.
Ramos was emotional as his family members spoke, the station reported. He also apologized to his family, adding that he was not making excuses for his actions.
Two of Ramos’ friends were also charged as adults with accessory after the fact to first-degree murder. While they were not present when Ramos killed his mother, they were accused of helping in his attempt to cover up the crime, according to records and investigators.
Investigators said it took Ramos about 30 minutes to strangle his mother with his bare hands. He then put her in a wheelbarrow, pushed it outside and loaded it in the family van, records show.
Ramos asked his friends to help stage a burglary at his home, investigators said.
Because he was a juvenile when arrested, he cannot be sentenced to mandatory life without any chance of release.
During a hearing in December, Assistant Volusia County Public Defender Matt Phillips said Ramos is remorseful and “regrets his actions every day.”
“He is looking forward to having a release date and proving he can be a productive citizen,” Philips said last month.
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