On Monday, May 20, 2024, the Fairfield Police Department charged Julian Jefferson, 20, of Fairfield, with Capital Murder in the death of Denise Lissette Ramos, 22, of Fairfield.

On March 28, 2024, the Fairfield Police Department responded to welfare concerns on the 800-block of Clark Street after Ramos was absent from work. Officers located Ramos’s deceased body, which prompted an investigation into a suspicious death. The Fairfield Police Department, The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Texas Rangers, and the Naval Criminal Investigative Services (NCIS) worked collectively to uncover evidence linking Jefferson to the crime of Capital Murder. 

Jefferson has been placed in Federal Custody for a separate unrelated crime in California.