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WHAT HAPPENED TO K.C. JOY FROM WORST ROOMMATE EVER?
By REMY MILLISKY
History - Science
When 36-year-old Maribel Ramos went missing, all the suspicions fell on her 55-year-old roommate Kwang Chol "K.C." Joy, whom she had argued with regarding rent on May 2, 2013. Maribel Ramos' body was discovered in a shallow grave in an area known as Modjeska Canyon on May 17, 2013, as chronicled on Netflix’s “Worst Roommate Ever.”
K.C. Joy maintains that he is innocent, insisting that he was actually in love with her. His lawyers claim that Joy disposed of Ramos’ body in a panic after discovering it, and Joy says, “Maybe someday [the] truth will come out, maybe I'll just die inside prison.”
In 2014, Joy was sentenced to a prison term of 15 years to life, and he will become eligible for parole in 2023. Joy, who plans to keep asserting his innocence, is working on a book about his experiences called "Suspect, Guilty Until Proven Innocent," and said during a court hearing, “I miss Maribel more than anyone.”