Family remembers Las Vegas man found dead in Summerlin desert

A cardboard motion and dozens of candles successful Summerlin people the godforsaken country wherever Ronald Munoz was recovered dormant past month.

Munoz would person turned 22 connected Friday, his parent told a assemblage of friends, neighbors and household who knew the boy. The radical shared stories astir Munoz’s occurrence arsenic a toddler warring different toddlers and his decade-old nickname, Nor, due to the fact that helium didn’t privation his friends to telephone him Ron successful mediate school.

“It’s conscionable a shame,” Munoz’s father, Frank Ramsey, 56, said Saturday night, remembering however helium sobbed erstwhile helium heard the news. “You’re not expected to hide your kids.”

Ronald Munoz’s assemblage was recovered Aug. 28 adjacent Alta Drive and Cross Bridge Road by operation workers picking up equipment. The Clark County coroner’s bureau ruled by the antheral died from gunshot wounds of the head.

Ramsey was not a portion of his son’s beingness until Munoz was 14 and helium attempted to link with the boy. Ramsey said Munoz declined, but helium ever made definite Munoz knew Ramsey’s telephone number.

Munoz’ mother, Marcy Munoz, said her lad spent his teen years successful foster care, but erstwhile helium turned 18 helium moved backmost successful with her.

“Ever since past I’ve been helping him retired with everything I perchance could,” she said. “He ended up being diagnosed arsenic bipolar. I was trying to assistance him get done that.”

Marcy Munoz said astatine 6-foot-4 and 300 pounds, her lad was ever the bodyguard for her and his younger brother, 14-year-old Sean. Since his death, dozens person messaged Marcy Munoz to stock their emotion for her son.

No arrests person been made successful the lawsuit arsenic of Saturday, but Marcy Munoz said detectives person told her that they’ve identified a suspect.

“It didn’t person to boil down to wherever they changeable him successful the head,” she said. “It didn’t person to travel to this point. Ronnie didn’t merit this.”

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