This series is something that's been a long time coming.

An idea I've had for years and over the last year at AudioChuck we've been putting together

the right team of people to make this show a reality.

Those of you who are deep in the true crime community might know about Cold Case playing

card decks.

Some law enforcement agencies have replaced the faces of traditional playing cards with

images of missing and murdered people.

Each card represents a victim who's gone without justice.

The goal was to get these out to the public and into jails and prisons hoping that they

might find their way into the hands of someone with answers.

And now it's time to bring these cases to a bigger audience, hoping each of these stories

will finally hit the right ears.

Our card this week is Rical Ramirez, the Seven of Diamonds from Connecticut.

In 1985 Rical disappeared in the middle of the night from her family's home, only to

be found the next day in a bizarre area not easily accessible to anyone.

In the many years since her death her family has never stopped seeking justice and one detective

has vowed to keep investigating her case until he can prove who killed her.

I'm Ashley Flowers and this is The Deck.

June 29, 1985 was your usual summer evening at Wana Almina's house in Hartford, Connecticut.

Her 29-year-old daughter Rical Ramirez and Rical's three children were living with her so the

house was lively, especially because it was a Saturday night.

After dinner the kids got ready for bed and settled in the living room while Rical went

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