As the fifth anniversary of the unsolved murder of local San Antonio boxer George Ramos arrives, his family continues to seek justice. Ramos, only 18 at the time, was gunned down in June 2019, and his case remains a mystery. Recounting the day of the tragedy, Jessica Ramos, George's mother, expressed to KENS 5, "My husband tells me like 'He’s already passed,' and I was like 'No like, why didn’t they take him to the hospital, like let’s go,' and they said 'no like, he’s already passed'." Ramos shared her anguish and the persistent questions: "Who? Why? Why did you do this to my son?"
The details of the case, as reported, indicate that Ramos was found in a crashed white Ford Expedition at a vacant building that was once a gas station near Les Harrison and Culebra Road. Witnesses accounted seeing a suspect fleeing the scene in a red four-door car. Despite an initial arrest, charges were later dismissed. San Antonio Police have confirmed that the investigation into Ramos's murder remains ongoing, and Crime Stoppers is offering a reward for information that could aid in an arrest. Efforts to reach out for additional witnesses continue as Jessica Ramos pleads, "I know you're scared, but to the person who saw them and can I.D. them, you're the only one left in this puzzle to solve and to get justice for George."
In a bid to stimulate progress in the case, the Ramos family has taken action to increase the financial incentive for potential informants. According to KSAT, a recent family-organized fundraiser boosted the Crime Stoppers reward from $5,000 to $11,000. "Hopefully someone turns them in because it wasn’t right," Jessica Ramos stated, expressing the loss of a future that her son had begun to build—not just as a would-be soldier, but as a future head of the family business and as a father.
The sentiment of a family shattered by violence emerges starkly in Jessica's words, "He took our whole world from us." Her resolve remains unbroken, and she conveys a determination to not rest until the person responsible is held accountable. Any individual with information that might lead to an arrest in this case is urged to contact Crime Stoppers at 210-224-STOP. As Jessica Ramos powerfully shared, bringing the perpetrator to justice won't bring back her son, but it might at least grant her family the closure that has eluded them for years. "It doesn't bring him back, but at least we would know that they're not enjoying life the way I can't enjoy life," she told KENS 5.
