He is eligible for parole this spring.Reviewed by Scarecrow-88 5 / 10 The Killing Room Kwang Chol Joy is now 63 years old and remains behind bars at the Correctional Training Facility in Soledad, California, according to jail records. “Maybe someday truth will come out, maybe I’ll just die inside prison.” “Family wants me to apologize, which I cannot apologize for something I haven’t done,” Joy said. Joy sent dozens of letters to the judge and local media outlets declaring his innocence, and announcing his plans to write a book titled “Suspect, Guilty Until Proven Innocent,” according to ABC 7. I’ve been here about 440 days in the jail. “I miss Maribel more than anyone,” he said at his sentencing. That was where Orange Police officers found Ramos’s body later in the day.Īlthough KC Joy was found guilty and sentenced to 15 years to life in state prison, he maintains his innocence. Joy used a satellite map to narrow in on a location near Santiago Canyon and Jackson Ranch roads, where the walk was to take place. On May 16, 2013, Joy visited a Facebook post about an awareness walk created by Ramos’s family. Searches included information about the decomposition of a human body. “And the opportunity for him to be with the love of his life was coming to an end.”Īuthorities tracked Joy’s internet browsing history at the Orange County Public Library, according to ABC 7. “Maribel was his life,” Orange County Deputy District Attorney Scott Simmons said in his closing arguments during Joy's murder trial. Joy went as far as to get cosmetic surgery to make himself more appealing to his roommate and paid to take Maribel on a cruise. Investigators believe Joy was infatuated with Ramos, who’d rejected his advances, according to NBC Los Angeles. “In fact, she is my only friend, my only family member I have.” “She is my best friend,” said Joy in an exclusive interview with ABC 7. Prosecutors claim Ramos tried to kick Joy out for not paying rent earlier in the day. Ramos was last seen on surveillance camera dropping off a rent check to her property manager in May 2013. Joy claimed he was from Knoxville, Tennessee, and that he was looking for work in California. I am easygoing and get along with most people.” I am a social drinker, non-smoker, straight, and I like to keep things clean. “I am looking for a small apartment or private room with kitchen use, and your place sounds perfect. “I am a Korean, single, professional male,” he wrote in response to Ramos’ Craigslist ad in search of a roommate. Now, the case is revisited as part of the new Netflix series, “ Worst Roommate Ever.” Ramos’s disappearance and murder became the subject of a three-part Dateline special “ Dateline: Unforgettable” last year on Oxygen. Reports surfaced that the pair argued bitterly over Joy not paying rent at their Fullerton residence. There, they found Ramos’s body, but a cause of death could not be determined due to decomposition. They tracked his movements, leading them to the discovery of a shallow grave in Silverado Canyon, according to ABC 7. Authorities suspected her roommate of 18 months, Kwang Chol “KC” Joy, was involved. Maribel Ramos, a 36-year-old US Army veteran and student at Cal State Fullerton disappeared in 2013. When Maribel Ramos posted an ad for a roommate to share her Orange County home, she could have no idea that the man who responded, KC Joy, would eventually be convicted of killing her.
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