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🗓️ 2 May 2025
⏱️ 11 minutes
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0:00.0 | There were two more murders, 15 miles away. |
0:02.6 | When police arrives, they found the telephones and electricity lines. |
0:06.0 | We have a weird homicide. |
0:08.8 | A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird... |
0:12.9 | You never know how dangerous someone can truly be. |
0:18.0 | On May 2nd, 2013, a young woman was seen for the last time, a woman who kindly let a man |
0:24.7 | into her home and lost her life because of it. So if you like your coffee hot, but your bones chilled, |
0:31.9 | sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder. Maribel Manrique Ramos was born in Mexico, but as a baby, moved to the United States with her |
0:41.6 | extremely tight-knit family. |
0:44.3 | Those who knew her described Maribel as a friendly young woman, who was always kind to others. |
0:50.8 | With a dream of becoming a police officer, after high school, Maribel joined the security team |
0:55.6 | at a local Kmart, and in 2001, joined the U.S. Army. She was deployed twice to Iraq and Afghanistan, |
1:03.7 | and was honorably discharged in 2009. Upon returning, Maribel began studying criminal justice |
1:10.4 | at the California State University Fullerton, |
1:13.3 | moved into an apartment in Orange with her mother, and stayed there with her until her mother's |
1:18.3 | tragic passing. The apartment was now empty, and Maribel was looking for a roommate. |
1:25.4 | It was a decision that unknowingly caused this beautiful, vibrant woman |
1:29.9 | her life. Posting an advertisement on Craigslist, something that was incredibly common at the time, |
1:36.8 | Maribel soon met with a man named Quang Choi Joy. Called KC. by those who knew him, Quang was a Korean |
1:43.7 | immigrant from Knoxville, Tennessee, |
1:45.9 | who said he was applying for a job in Huntington Beach, which is why he needed to move to California |
1:51.2 | and needed a place to live. Kesey was 55 years old, and Maribel was 36. He seemed like the |
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