Israel Ramirez is released on bond on death of 5-month-old.

Israel Ramirez is released on bond on death of 5-month-old.

   

May 11, 2021 | Las Cruces, NM— On May 7, 2021, the Third Judicial District Attorney’s Office filed a Motion requesting defendant Israel Ramirez to be held without bond pending trial on charges of Child Abuse, resulting in Death, and Intentional Child Abuse, both first degree felonies.  District Court Judge Richard Jaquez found the defendant to be dangerous but ruled the court could fashion release conditions reasonably tailored to protect the community and ordered defendant released on conditions including posting a $25,000 secured bond.

Doña Ana County Sheriff’s officers were dispatched to a home about an unresponsive 5-month-old infant.  Ramirez was found giving the infant CPR.  The infant was originally taken to Memorial Medical Center and was then transported to University Medical Center in El Paso, Texas.  The doctor and staff at Memorial Medical Center noted several old and new bruises on the infant and that the infant was unresponsive, with her pupils not reacting to a light stimulus indicating severe brain injury.  Initial X-Rays and scans indicated fractured ribs, a fractured tibia, and brain bleed.  At the University Medical Center in El Paso, Texas, pediatric doctors noted more injuries, confirming more fractures to the infant’s limbs, torso and brain bleed consistent with their opinion of child abuse and shaken baby syndrome.  

District Attorney Gerald Byers said “We appreciate Judge Jacquez’s ruling which found defendant Ramirez was dangerous; and understand the court’s setting conditions of release as required by New Mexico law.  One of my Prosecutors and I worked at the crime scene with the Sheriff’s Department the night this happened.  My Office has been and remains committed to vigorously prosecuting defendant Ramirez in court for Child Abuse Resulting in the Death of Kamilah Hernandez.”

The infant’s mother, Danielle Lujan is also awaiting her pre-trial detention hearing in the Doña Ana County Detention Center.  Ramirez is the boyfriend of the infant’s mother- Danielle Lujan.