Maria Ramirez, 38, was shot and killed after an early morning drive in Odessa, Texas, on March 5, 2026. According to a confession given after a traffic stop days later, Usbaldo Hernandez Carrasco, 34, shot Ramirez while she sat in the front passenger seat of a Chevrolet Tahoe; he said the first shot did not kill her so he shot her again in the head. Carrasco drove her body to Mitchell County and left it under a small bridge on County Road 280; the body recovered there matched the clothing Carrasco described.

Carrasco was arrested after deputies found dried blood and a bullet hole in the Tahoe during an inventory search; he waived Miranda rights and was charged with murder and tampering with evidence, with bail set at $1,026,000. Eduardo Modesto Olivas and his girlfriend were in the vehicle that night; Olivas was arrested on an unrelated outstanding theft warrant, his bond set at $25,000. Olivas and his girlfriend reportedly cooperated with detectives and their accounts are said to corroborate Carrasco’s confession.

An obituary lists Maria Luly Ramirez as having passed on March 6, 2026, with funeral services arranged for the following week. If anyone has information about Maria, the trip that night, or what happened near 16th Street and Damascus, please share what is known.