| Date of birth: | Apr 7, 1957 |
| Ethnicity: | MEXICAN AMERICAN |
| Hair: | Black |
| Eyes: | Brown |
| Unit: | ASPC Eyman SMU II |
| Status: | ACTIVE |
| Release type: | RECEIVED AT |
| Most recent loc: | ASPC Eyman |
| Last movement: | Mar 4, 1998 |
| Inmate number: | 039656 |
| Inmate detainee: | INMATE |
| Custody class: | 5/3 |
| Cur absconded: | N |
| Crime description: | INMATE 039656 - RAMIREZ, DAVID M. During the early morning hours of May 25, 1989, David Ramirez, a parolee, murdered Mary Gortarez and her 15-year-old daughter, Candie Gortarez, in their Phoenix apartment. He stabbed Mary 18 times in the neck, in the back, in the stomach, and in the left eye. He stabbed Candie 15 times in the neck area. Neither Mary nor Candie died instantaneously. Neighbors heard sounds of a violent struggle for about half an hour coming from the apartment and when police entered it they found blood smeared and spattered throughout. Ramirez also sexually assaulted Candie Gortarez while she was close to death. Ramirez, the only person alive in the apartment, was arrested at the scene. Ramirez was convicted of both murders. PROCEEDINGS Presiding Judge: Hon. Thomas W. O'Toole Prosecutor: Louis Stalzer Defense Counsel: Mara Siegel Start of Trial: July 10, 1990 Verdict: July 27, 1990 Sentencing: December 18, 1990 Aggravating Circumstances Prior conviction involving violence Especially heinous, cruel or depraved Multiple homicides PUBLISHED OPINIONS State v. Ramirez, 178 Ariz. 116, 871 P.2d 237 (1994). |
| Community supervision parole: | N |
| Commitment status: | COMPLETE AND VERIFIED |
| Admission date: | Dec 19, 1990 |
| Booking location: | Maricopa County, AZ |
| Commit number: | E01 |
| Admit date: | Dec 19, 1990 |
| Consec concur: | Concurrent:E01 |
| Commit number: | E02 |
| Admit date: | Dec 19, 1990 |
