Ramona Moore

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Ramona Moore was a young, black 21-year old (one account has her at age 23) Hunter College Student who was kidnapped, chained, tortured, raped and murdered in 2003. She lived with her parents, with relatives from Guyana, in the East Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York.

It was reported that Ms. Moore had left her home on April 24th at approximately 7:30 p.m. to see a friend and then left around 9:00 p.m. to eat at a Burger King restaurant at Church and Remsen avenues. There had been no further mention of Ms. Moore since then until her body was found, a few blocks from her home. Her mother, Ellie Carmichael, had received an anonymous phone call, informing her to go to a certain address on King's Highway where a home had experienced a fire. The caller had not been identified. The mother then contacted Police, and then Officers from the 63rd Precinct and Emergency Service Units combed the premises until Ramona Moore's body was discovered, wrapped in a blanket. It was discovered that Ms. Moore had been beaten to death about her head and chest.

The two persons accused and convicted of the crime, Kayson Pearson, 24 years old; and Troy Hendrix, 22 years old. Neither Pearson nor Hendrix showed any remorse in the courtroom. However, Pearson attacked one of the court officers. He also tried to get the court officer's pistol. Pearson went violent in the courtroom on November 24th, trying to escape. He attacked his lawyer, appointed by the Court, with a sharp weapon; "sharpened plastic" according to one report. A mistrial was declared.

One particular individual who witnessed Moore's captivity, did nothing to report her captivity to Police.

Ramona Moore's case was later brought further into the Media light by the abduction, rape, torture and murder of John Jay College Co-Ed, Imette St. Guillen.

[edit] External links

[1] New York Times article dated May 14, 2003 in ‘New York Region’ section: “Police Defend Differences in Searches for 2 Women” by Shaila K. Dewan; comparison to Svetlana Aronov.

[2] Canarsie Courier article by Charles Rogers dated May 15, 2003: “Local College Student Slain”.

[3] Website title: “NEWS:-----OHIO, N.Y., FLA.” with article dated Thursday, January 15, 2004 by Rick Halperin titled: NEW YORK: subtitled: “Brooklyn DA to seek death penalty in killing of college student”. Source: Associated Press.

[4] Law Enforcement News article Updated: July 11th, 2004 01:32 PM PDT, titled: NYPD Expecting More Black Eyes From 'NYPD 24/7'. TEXT ON PAGE: “In the next episode airing this week on the ABC network, the name of a witness to the 2003 murder of Hunter College student Ramona Moore is broadcast. As the cameras roll, the witness tells how the killers showed him Moore's battered body while she was still clinging to life in a Flatbush basement.”

[5] Free Republic website with article by Alex Ginsberg of The New York Post dated January 20, 2006 titled: “Rape Slay Trial Escape Attempt”.

[6] 7 Online Eyewitness News’ Joe Torres article (New York - WABC), dated January 23, 2006 titled: “Mistrial declared after lawyer stabbed”.

[7] Hip Hop Music website; mention of Ramona Moore and her mother.

[8] New York Daily News article dated January 18, 2006 by Nancie L. Katz, Daily News Staff Writer titled: “Court hears brutal telling of Hunter student's death”.

[9] New York Daily News article by Nancie L. Katz, Daily News Staff Writer, originally published on January 19, 2006 titled: “Stab chaos in court”.

[10] New York Times article by Michael Brick (NYT); Compiled by John Sullivan, dated January 20, 2006: in “Metro Briefing | New York: Brooklyn” section, titled: “Lawyer Attacked In Courtroom”.

[11] The Original Musings website with article posted by Kate dated January 21, 2006 titled: “Proving The Prosecutor's Case”; subtitled: “Or, how not to behave when you're on trial for murder”.

[12] New York Daily News story originally published on January 24, 2006 By Nancie L. Katz Daily News Staff Writer, with Jotham Sederstrom titled: “New court trauma”, subtitled: “Mistrial for duo in melee”.

[13] Gothamist Article dated March 3, 2006: “Witness in 2003 Murder Testifies”.

[14] The Epoch Times with article by Jonah Owen Lamb, special to The Epoch Times, dated March 15, 2006, titled: “Principle Witness Refuted in Hunter College Student Murder”.

[15] Gothamist Article, dated March 23, 2006 titled: “Littlejohn to CBS: "This shouldn't be on me.” about Darryl Littlejohn, who is alleged to have kidnapped, raped, tortured and killed Imette St. Guillen on February 25, 2006, with mention of Ramona Moore’s case in the comments.

[16] Brooklyn District Attorney website for Press Releases dated March 23, 2006 with article titled: “KINGS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY CHARLES J. HYNES ANNOUNCED THE MURDER CONVICTION OF TROY HENDRIX AND KAYSON PEARSON”, subtitled: DEFENDANTS FACE LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE.

[17] Gothamist Article, March 24, 2006: “Two Guilty Verdicts in Moore case”.

[18] New York Post article dated November 21, 2006 titled: “Killer's 'Fun' Day In Court” by Alex Ginsberg.

[19]

Websleuths Crime Sleuthing forum page titled “Beautiful Co-ed Murdered” discussing the Imette St. Guillen rape, torture and murder; with mention of Ramona Moore.