Jose Ramos was 31 when he was fatally shot on the evening of January 15, 1992, in the parking lot outside his Wheaton apartment in Rockville, Maryland. Authorities determined the killing occurred during a robbery and said it was one episode in a broader crime spree affecting the region.

Investigators linked the murder to Allan Patterson Newman, whose campaign of violence began in February 1991 and included carjackings, armed robberies, and earlier shootings in the Rockville area. Reports say Newman had already shot a car owner in Rockville and killed two maintenance workers in Silver Spring before Ramos was killed.

Newman was later arrested and convicted for the murder of Jose Ramos and other violent offenses, bringing an end to the spree. Does anyone have memories of Ramos or information about his life in Wheaton that could add to the record?