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Woman gets 8 years in prison for leaving kids home alone :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Chicago Crime



A 29-year-old South Side woman was sentenced to eight years in prison today for leaving her children home alone on the night a fire killed two of her daughters.
Erika Ramirez was accused of leaving her home to watch a pool game. She was sentenced by Cook County Judge Marcus Salone after pleading guilty to endangering a life of a child, according to court personnel.
Killed in the late December fire were Perla Gonzalez, 6, and Carla Gonzalez, 9.


Two others children, brother Victor Ramirez, 11, and Esmeralda Gonzalez, 7, were rescued by police officers.
Investigators suspected an overloaded electrical outlet was the cause of the fire, which might have started after one of the children plugged in a space heater in the basement apartment in the 7200 block of South Troy.
While she was out, Ramirez received a text message from one of the children indicating that the apartment was cold. They were instructed to plug in a heater, prosecutors said.
No smoke detectors were found in the basement apartment or on the first floor of the building. The law requires smoke detectors on every floor of a residence in Chicago.
 

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Thats a damn shame. She lost two children forever and the other two for the rest of their childhood for a damn pool game. Completely selfish. If you don't have a sitter stay your ass home. And please get a smoke alarm. The are like $5 at Walmart and could have saved those little girls. Sad.
 

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This is sad but I don't know if I agree that 8 years in prison is the answer, unless they had other evidence against her as an irresponsible parent. Now the other surviving kids will have to be without her for 8 years, that's adding more pain on top of losing their siblings. She had four kids by 29 and presumably no husband, she sounds like the typical case of a woman who was never taught how to care for herself or her kids.
 

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Erika Ramirez was accused of leaving her home to watch a pool game

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...good 4 her
and bet u this aint the first time...it just happen to be tragic this time



she might have said ok the 11 is "old" enough to watch the others ...but yeah lady you take that risk when u run outta milk and is going to the corner store and will be back in 2 min not to go play pool...choices people make at times is an enigma
 

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Thats a damn shame. She lost two children forever and the other two for the rest of their childhood for a damn pool game. Completely selfish. If you don't have a sitter stay your ass home. And please get a smoke alarm. The are like $5 at Walmart and could have saved those little girls. Sad.


By law, landlords are required to provide smoke detectors in every apt here in NY. That should be a Federal law. No one should be without something as simple as a smoke detector. She had no business leaving those kids alone anyway.

Bishes are quick to spread their legs and have babies, but still wanna run the streets all hours of the night. If you don't have a babysitter , you cant fugging go. Stay your rasclot arse home!!
 

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