A Florida teenager who, according to authorities, killed his mother when he was 15, after an argument over his school grades, was sentenced on Friday to 45 years in prison.
Gregory Ramos, now 17, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder last month in the strangling death of Gail Cleavenger, 46, in 2018.
After killing her, he buried her under a fire in a nearby church and reported that she had disappeared after he staged a fake home theft, officials said, according to FOX 35 in Orlando.
Volusia County sheriff Mike Chitwood called Ramos one of the “top three sociopaths” he met shortly after his arrest, saying Ramos showed no remorse and bragged about trying to cover up the murder.
Investigators said Ramos said it took his mother 30 minutes to die, according to WKMG-TV in Orlando.
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Gregory Ramos after his arrest in 2018 for killing his mother.
(Volusia County Sheriff’s Office)
“Seeing how cold, insensitive and calculating he was, I think it was probably the most shocking thing for all of us,” Chitwood told WKMG. “No sign of remorse.”
Ramos was more sorry for his sentence.
“I refuse to make excuses for myself. I can only beg for forgiveness,” Ramos told the court, according to FOX 35. “Because of my actions, I will never really know my mother. Not only did I steal my mother from me, but from everyone else as well. “
He said he was there to “honor” his mother.
In the sentence, his aunt said the past two years had been “extremely difficult” for the family.
“It broke us in ways I didn’t think it was possible to break,” she said, according to FOX 35.
Your sentence can be reviewed by a judge after 25 years. Once released from prison, he will spend the rest of his life on probation.
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Ramos could have faced life imprisonment because he was charged as an adult, but his sentence was reduced through a court settlement, the WKMG reported.
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Two friends of Ramos, 17, were also accused of acting as accomplices in first-degree murder.