On July 15, 2026, at about 4:05 a.m. deputies responding to a report of gunfire found 62-year-old Juan Carlos Ramirez-Arango dead inside a home in the 6000 block of Kershaw Road in rural Central Point, Oregon. He had sustained a fatal gunshot wound.

Investigators focused on a longtime partner, 67-year-old Pamela Sue Maya of Central Point. Evidence collected at the scene led to her arrest; she was lodged in the Jackson County Jail and charged with second-degree murder. Police agencies assisting the investigation included the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, Ashland Police Department, the Jackson County District Attorney’s Office, and the Oregon State Police Forensics Lab. Court records show Ramirez-Arango and Maya had been in a relationship for more than two decades and that law enforcement had previously been involved in a 2018 assault and strangulation case naming Ramirez-Arango as the victim.

A probable cause hearing was scheduled as the next step in the case. Does anyone in the Central Point area have information about the couple or the events that night?