GLADSTONE, Ore. — Thirty-eight-year-old Ronald Joseph Kirk faces life in prison with a minimum of 25 years for murdering his mother after she told him she was going to evict him from her modest home in Gladstone.
Kirk, who was convicted of second-degree murder and of being a felon in possession of a firearm on Tuesday by a jury in Clackamas County, will be sentenced on November 4.
According to court documents, Kirk lived with his mother, 61-year-old Rosa Leyva, on Southeast Cason Road, Gladstone. It was established that Kirk had sat in the house with his mother’s dead body for a full day after her death at around 6:45 p.m. on November 25, 2024, according to Senior Deputy District Attorney Rusty Amos.
Her Son Was Described as Dangerous and Volatile
According to investigators, Leyva was worried that her son, described as dangerous, volatile, frequently drunk or high on meth, would harm himself or others. She told Kirk she intended to legally evict him from her home…