Gary Ramirez, 78, was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole in 25 years
- Gary Ramirez, 78, was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole in 25 years after pleading no contest to 15-year-old Karen Stitt’s 1982 murder
- Ramirez was arrested at his home in Makawao on the island of Maui in August 2022 after DNA linked him to the crime scene
- Stitt was last seen alive on Sept. 2, 1982 after she and her boyfriend parted ways near a bus stop in Sunnyvale, Calif.
An elderly Hawaii man has received a life sentence for raping and brutally killing a teenage girl in a case that went cold for four decades, authorities said.
Gary Ramirez, 78, was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole in 25 years in connection with 15-year-old Karen Stitt’s 1982 killing, the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office in California announced in a press release on Monday, May 12.
Ramirez pleaded no contest to Stitt’s murder in February. He was arrested at his home in Makawao on the island of Maui in August 2022 after DNA linked him to the crime scene. He was formerly a resident of Fresno, Calif., authorities said, and had served in the U.S. Air Force…