Nusinaida Ramos, a 34-year-old Hispanic mother of two, was found beaten and strangled to death in her Colin Street apartment in Yonkers, New York. Yonkers Police discovered her body on March 10, 1997, after family members could not reach her. Investigators reported no signs of forced entry.

The case went cold for more than two decades. Authorities arrested her ex-husband, Rafael Ramos, in June 2023; at the time of the killing he had been a corrections officer at Sing Sing. A grand jury indicted him on second-degree murder charges after prosecutors alleged he went to Nusinaida’s apartment on March 9, 1997, beat her and strangled her with a t-shirt, and was motivated by anger over child support and a possible move to Florida.

Rafael Ramos pleaded not guilty. Many questions remain about the evidence and about who else might have been involved. If anyone knew Nusinaida, her routines, or saw anything around Colin Street in March 1997, please come forward.