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Belmont Cragin Man, 65, Stabbed to Death Inside Car, Officials Say

By  Kelly Bauer and Joe Ward | April 8, 2016 8:45am | Updated on April 8, 2016 3:19pm

CHICAGO — A 65-year-old Belmont Cragin man was stabbed to death in a car near his home early Friday, officials said.

At 1:02 a.m., the man, Ramon Ramirez, was found dead in his car in the 5700 block of West Grand Avenue, according to Officer Kevin Quaid, a Chicago Police spokesman, and Cook County Medical Examiner's records.

Ramirez had been stabbed in his leg in a homicide, according to the Medical Examiner's Office, and was pronounced dead at 2:55 a.m. He lived on the same block he was killed.

No one was in custody. Police originally said the man was 67 years old.

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