Ramon Antonio Conrado

Ramon Antonio Conrado was 28 years old when he died on Saturday, April 15, 2000, in Pasadena. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 363 E. Villa St. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed as a Pasadena Police Department case.

The Los Angeles Times Homicide Report recorded his death in a single sentence drawn from coroner's records. It described him as "a 28-year-old Latino male" who "died Saturday, April 15, after being stabbed in Pasadena." It gave no other details about what happened, and no follow-up story about his death appears to have been published.

Beyond his name, his age and the place where he died, almost nothing about Ramon Antonio Conrado has been made public. No obituary, memorial page or family fundraiser could be found for this story, and no news outlet appears to have reported on the death. He surely had family, friends or neighbors who remember who he was, but none of that has entered the public record. Ramon and Antonio are common given names and Conrado is a less common surname, but searches for his full name turned up only other men, among them a living man of the same name listed in a people-search directory, a Tampa man named Ramon Conrado Lorenzo and an older San Gabriel man named Orlando Ramon Conrado. None of them can be connected to the man who died in Pasadena.

Because so little has been released, even the basic circumstances remain unknown to the public. The record does not say whether he was stabbed during a fight or a robbery, attacked by a stranger or by someone he knew, or hurt indoors or on the street. It does not say what time of day he was hurt, whether he died at the scene or later at a hospital, whether anyone saw what happened, or whether investigators ever identified a suspect.

The coroner listed a street address rather than an intersection, which suggests he may have been hurt at or near a home or building, although the record does not say whether he lived there. At 28, he was a young man, and the record does not say where he worked or how long he had lived in Pasadena.

Pasadena is a city at the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains, northeast of downtown Los Angeles. It is famous for the Rose Bowl and the Tournament of Roses Parade, for the California Institute of Technology and for the restored shops and restaurants of Old Pasadena. Beyond those landmarks it is a city of many neighborhoods, from grand estates to blocks of older bungalows and apartment buildings. Pasadena has its own police department, which handled this case.

Hundreds of people are killed in Los Angeles County every year, and a large share of those killings end without an arrest.

No arrest, criminal charge or court case connected to the death of Ramon Antonio Conrado could be found in news archives or public records. More than 25 years later, there is no public sign that anyone has been held responsible. Anyone who lived on or near East Villa Street in Pasadena in April 2000, or who knew a 28-year-old man named Ramon Conrado and the people around him, may hold information that could help detectives. Even a small detail, such as a name overheard, a vehicle seen nearby or a conversation remembered, can help detectives move a case forward. Anyone with information can contact the Pasadena Police Department, or leave an anonymous tip with Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS (8477).