“To get into a cab with a bunch of strangers, to just give away his phone, potentially give away his belongings, it’s just not like him.” I think that this whole thing is suspicious, and I do hope that we get answers soon,” Ramirez’s friend, Karinina Quimpo, told NBC New York. Karinina Quimpo, who was friends with Ramirez for a decade, hugs a friend at the vigil. He also said Julio’s bank accounts were drained of approximately $20,000 in the days following his death.
He was initially identified as “John Doe,” his brother, Carlos Ramirez, said, because neither his wallet nor phone were with him when he died.
