Gregory Ramos was a fifteen year old living in Florida when he would get into an argument with his mother that would end in murder.
According to court documents Gregory Ramos and his mother Gail Cleavenger, 46, would get into an argument about Gregory poor performance at school. Gregory would strangle his mother, killing her and would then put her body into a wheelbarrow and loaded the body into a van.
Gregory Ramos would ask two friends to help him stage his home as a burglary gone wrong.
Gregory Ramos would be arrested, plead guilty to murder and sentenced to forty five years in prison
Gregory Ramos Current Information
| DC Number: | 050965 |
|---|---|
| Name: | RAMOS, GREGORY L |
| Race: | WHITE |
| Sex: | MALE |
| Birth Date: | 06/14/2003 |
| Initial Receipt Date: | 01/28/2021 |
| Current Facility: | TOMOKA C.I. |
| Current Custody: | CLOSE |
| Current Release Date: | 01/16/2062 |
Gregory Ramos Case
A Florida teenager has entered a guilty plea to charges of killing his mother during an argument about grades in 2018, and disposing of her body.
Gregory Ramos, now 17, agreed to the plea Wednesday in exchange for a 45-year prison sentence, The Daytona Beach News-Journal reported.
Ramos was 15 when he was accused of strangling Gail Cleavenger, 46, in their home in DeBary on Nov. 2, 2018. He buried her body behind a church in DeBary, near their home.
Ramos’ defense attorney, Assistant Public Defender Matt Phillips, told the newspaper the agreement also calls for Ramos to be sentenced to lifetime probation, but he can seek early termination of that probation after 10 years.
But it will ultimately be up to a judge to decide.
“He is extremely remorseful and he regrets his actions everyday,” Phillips said. “He is looking forward to having a release date and proving he can be a productive citizen.”
As a state prisoner, Ramos can get 15% of his sentence reduced for good behavior by the Department of Corrections.
Ramos will be sentenced Jan. 22.
torney R.J. Larizza has previously said he believes that Ramos was the youngest person to be charged with murder as an adult in the circuit since he was elected state attorney in 2008.
Two of Ramos friends, were also charged as adults with accessory after the fact to first-degree murder. They weren’t present when Ramos killed his mother but they were accused of helping Ramos in his attempt to cover up the crime, according to records and investigators.
Investigators said it took Ramos about 30 minutes to strangle his mother with his bare hands. He then put her in a wheelbarrow, pushed it outside and loaded it in the family van, records show.
Ramos asked his friends to help stage a burglary at his home, investigators said.
Since he was a juvenile when arrested, he cannot be sentenced to mandatory life without any chance of release. Ramos would have faced at least 40 years in prison and up to life with a review of the sentence after serving 25 years if found guilty.
His friends each face up to 30 years in prison if convicted of accessory after the fact to premeditated first-degree murder.
Florida teen pleads guilty to killing mother, will serve 45 years
Gregory Ramos News
A Central Florida teenager who pleaded guilty to killing his mother after an argument over his grades has been sentenced to 45 years in prison.
Investigators said Gregory Ramos killed his mother, Gail Cleavenger, in DeBary in 2018. Ramos was 15 at the time of the murder and police said he confessed to strangling his mother after the crime.
Ramos pled guilty to first-degree murder, abuse of dead body and tampering with evidence.
He was sentenced on Friday to 45 years, with the sentence set to be reviewed after 25 years. He will be on probation for the rest of his life.
In a remarkable moment during Friday’s sentencing hearing the judge allowed Ramos’ 84-year-old grandmother to see his face closeup for the first time since he was jailed. His grandmother prayed with Ramos and told him that she will always be there for him, before she returned to her seat.
Ramos was very emotional in court as his aunts and uncles shared memories of his mother. They said it felt as though they’d lost two people, Cleavenger and Ramos.
Ramos testified during the hearing and apologized to his family, and said he was not trying to make excuses for himself.
