Deaths in Custody
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Edward Ramos

26 years old · died November 3, 2024 · Merced County Jail, Merced County, California

Edward Ramos, 26, died at the Merced County Jail in Merced County, California, on Sunday, November 3, 2024, according to the Merced County Sheriff's Office. The sheriff's office said he was found unresponsive in his cell late that night and was pronounced dead, and it has classified his death as a homicide and opened a murder investigation with the district attorney's office. No details have been released about how he died or what happened in the cell.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The Merced County Sheriff's Office says Edward Ramos was found unresponsive in his cell and is investigating his death as a homicide, with no further details released.

Reported by: Merced County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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