| Background information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Ramon Bojorquez Salcido |
| Occupation | Winery worker |
| Born | March 6, 1961 Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico |
| Penalty | Sentenced to death |
| Killings | |
| Date | April 15, 1989 |
| Location(s) | Sonoma, California, U.S. |
| Killed | 7 |
| Injured | 2 |
| Weapon(s) | Knife Ruger .22 Handgun |
Ramon Bojorquez Salcido is a convicted mass murderer and as of 2011 is on death row in California's San Quentin State Prison.
He was convicted of the 1989 murders of seven people, including his wife and two of his daughters, Sofia (age 4) and Teresa (age 1). A third daughter, Carmina, aged 3, lay in a field beside the bodies of her sisters for 36 hours after being slashed across the throat by her father. She was rescued and later adopted by a family in Missouri. In 2009, Carmina Salcido wrote a book, Not Lost Forever, about her experiences.[1]
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