Before a New Jersey woman bled to death after being stabbed in the chest with a knife she identified her twin sister as her killer, a judge revealed in court on Thursday.
Amanda Ramirez, 27, shook and wept through much of the hearing, in which Camden County Superior Court Judge Edward McBride revealed that a witness heard her slain sister, Anna, scream: ‘Amanda, you stabbed me!’, as she lay bleeding on the floor on Saturday.
The same witness, who wasn’t identified, claims to have heard Ramirez threaten her sibling moments before, telling Anna ‘Watch what I’m going to do,’ before going back inside her home at the at the Centennial Village Apartments and retrieving a large kitchen knife.
The woman lives on an upper floor of the same building as the sister’s family, and says she overheard Ramirez’s threat from a window.
Amanda Ramirez, 27, shook and wept as Superior Court Judge Edward McBride revealed a witness heard her sister, Anna, scream ‘Amanda, you stabbed me!’
The same witness, who wasn’t identified, claims to have heard Ramirez threaten her sibling moments before, telling Anna ‘Watch what I’m going to do’
Anna Ramirez died on Saturday night having suffered a fatal stab wound to the left of her chest
She went downstairs to investigate further and arrived to find Anna stabbed and laying on the ground.
The shocking revelation was shared during a bail hearing for Amanda, who has been charged with aggravated manslaughter in relation to her identical twin’s death.
A theory behind the source of the fateful argument has not yet been revealed by prosecutors, but a New York Times report suggests that the sisters may have both been romantically involved with the same man.
Police arrived at the scene at 5:40am on June 22 to find Ramirez covered in blood, who is said to have told officers she had no idea what had happened to Anna and she found her sister that way.
Friends and family of Ramirez sat weeping behind her throughout the hearing
Ramirez burst into tears as soon as she entered the courtroom on Thursday afternoon, shacked at the wrists and ankles
Police arrived at the scene at 5:40am on June 22 to find Ramirez covered in blood, who is said to have told officers she had no idea what had happened to Anna and she found her sister that way
Police documents show that officers observed a number of injuries on Ramirez’s body as they were interviewing her, including scratches on her face, lacerations on one finger and dried blood on her ear
The 27-year-old then changed her story multiple times with police. On the third revisal she claimed they had both been drinking at a relative’s home and when they arrived back at the apartment block she had struck her sister in the face.
According to Ramirez’s account, the sister’s fought until they were on their knees, where Anna then went to go and get a knife from the kitchen.
She claims Anna came back outside, resumed the fight, where the pair struggled over the control of the blade.
Ramirez claimed to have eventually disarmed her
