CHILD ABUSE: Tina Ramirez | Piedmont, OK 2024
Obscura: A True Crime Podcast
Justin Drown
4.6 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 13 January 2026
⏱️ 45 minutes
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A Piedmont officer uncovered horrors when a runaway's plight revealed deep-seated abuse. Highlighted audio exposes systemic failures.
Black Label explores a dark saga of abuse and neglect masked by routine appearances. This episode delves deep into the trauma faced by a child on the brink.
Tina Ramirez's case exposes shocking neglect and brutality endured by a 14-year-old girl weighing the size of a five-year-old. A situation that violated innocence and reshaped a community.
The investigation, driven by disturbing confessions and heart-wrenching audio, uncovers deeply buried secrets, revealing a system at odds with protection.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome, listener. |
| 0:04.0 | I'm glad you're here. |
| 0:06.0 | Take a seat, next to the fire. |
| 0:09.0 | Welcome to Obscira, where we shine a light on the dark. I'm I'm On March 15th, 2004, an officer from the Piedmont Police Department in Oklahoma |
| 0:47.7 | responded to a report of a runaway child. |
| 0:51.2 | He located a 14-year-old girl hiding under a blanket near a building who appeared severely |
| 0:57.9 | malnourished, weighing around 60 pounds, and resembling the size of a first grader with skin hanging |
| 1:05.8 | from her bones. |
| 1:08.0 | Don't run, or I'll chase you and put you in handcuffs. |
| 1:10.2 | I know you don't. Let's go talk about it. |
| 1:11.6 | But until you're in my car, we're not talking. Stand up. Yes. Are you going to listen? Yes. I don't want to yell at you. I want to be nice to you, but I'm not going to chase you. Like, I'll tackle you before you have time to run. Do you understand? Yes. Okay, I don't want to do all that. I want to help you and figure out why you ran away and all that. |
| 1:28.6 | Can we talk about it at the release station? |
| 1:30.6 | We can talk about it my car first. Do you understand? Yes. Okay. I don't want to do all that. I want to help you and figure out why you ran away and all that. |
| 1:28.4 | Can we talk about it at the police station? We can talk about it. My car first. Okay. Do you need it? Is this any of your stuff? Okay. Let's go to my car. The officer was shaken by the physical appearance of the girl. He has children himself. He had dealt with runaways before, but nothing like this. |
| 1:47.6 | He resolved. appearance of the girl. He has children himself. He had dealt with runaways before, but nothing |
| 1:46.3 | like this. He resolved right then and there to get to the bottom of why this girl looked this way. |
| 1:52.7 | Why she appeared to be afraid. The girl, who had been missing for over 12 hours, expressed intense |
| 1:59.6 | fear of returning home, and described her mother, |
| 2:02.6 | 43-year-old Tina Ramirez, to the officer. |
| 2:06.6 | I have located her. |
| 2:09.6 | Clear on located her. |
| 2:11.6 | I'm calling cancel. |
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