Crime & Safety
Manassas Man Charged with Killing Baby Now Indicted in Decade-Old Murder Case
Joaquin Shadow Rams indicted in 2003 killing.
Joaquin Shadow Rams, the Manassas City man charged with killing his 15-month-old son in 2012, has now been indicted on murder charges in the death of his former girlfriend in 2003, according to news reports.
A Prince William County grand jury indicted Rams, 41, on Monday in the death of Shawn K. Mason, WTOP reports. She was found dead in her home of a single gunshot wound.
Rams was indicted this summer on a capital murder charge in the death of Prince McLeod Rams, his son, in October 2012.
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The baby died during a court-ordered visitation with his father. The Office of the Medical Examiner ruled that the death was caused by drowning, though Joaquin Rams contends that Prince had a seizure.
Rams had taken out several life insurance policies on his son, totaling well over $500,000. Rams filed one policy that falsely claimed that Prince's mother, Hera McLeod, died in an accident. Rams has said that the policies were an investment.
Rams had taken out several life insurance policies on his son, totaling well over $500,000. Rams filed one policy that falsely claimed that Prince's mother, Hera McLeod, died in an accident. Rams has said that the policies were an investment.
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