WARRANT ISSUED FOR SUSPECT IN COLLEGE STATION MURDER ON NEW YEAR’S EVE

  

A suspect in the homicide investigation of a College Station woman on New Year’s Eve has been served a warrant for murder.

23-year-old Ricardo Ramirez of College Station was identified as a person of interest early on in the investigation in the death of 20-year-old Ashli Stewart, who was found dead inside her apartment on New Year’s Eve.

Tuesday, police officially issued a murder warrant for Ramirez, who is already being held in the Brazos County Jail on several charges.  The warrant is one of 11 given to Ramirez this year.

Authorities have not publicly stated the manner in which Stewart was killed.

Ramirez was arrested January 7^th after being found in possession of a pistol that was reported stolen the same day as Stewart’s murder.  In addition to Theft of a Firearm and Unlawful Carrying of a Weapon, Ramirez also faces child pornography possession and drug charges.

Ramirez remains in jail on $459,000 bond.