'I Don't Feel Safe': Murdered Mom Told Family

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ODENTON, MD — The night before a Fort Meade soldier and young mother was gunned down in her home, she reportedly made panicked phone calls to her sister and mother in Texas, says a daytime TV show.

The new details about the hours before the murder of Karlyn Serane Ramirez, 24, who was found shot to death in her Severn home Aug. 25, 2015, were shared in interviews that aired recently on “Crime Watch Daily.” Ramirez died of multiple gunshot wounds; her then 5-month-old daughter, Kattaleya Vale Kearny, was found unharmed beside her.

The night before she was killed, Ramirez called her mother, Susan, and sister, Roxanne. Both told the TV show Karlyn was uncharacteristically nervous.

"She said 'I don't know what is wrong. I don't feel right. I don't feel safe. Do you think my baby knows I love her?'" said Roxanne in the interview. "I am like, 'Why are you talking like this? What happened?' 'I don't know. I can't tell you. I don't know.'"

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Authorities said last week there is no person of interest in the case, including Karlyn’s husband, but no one is ruled out, either.

Maliek Kearney, a master sergeant in the Army, who is stationed at Fort Jackson, SC, was on duty in South Carolina at the time his wife was killed, police said.

“Crime Watch Daily” says Karyln told her mother she was having a panic attack, but when asked what was wrong, she said couldn’t discuss it.

"I automatically thought: work," Susan said, referring to her daughter’s work at Fort Meade.

Anne Arundel County Police Department spokesman Lt. Ryan Frashure told Patch, “Our homicide detectives have investigated all of the information and generated nothing concrete from same. We have never been made aware of any viable threats to Ms. Ramirez.”

In the months before her death, both Ramirez and her sister, Roxanne, had come home to the townhome to find the door unlocked. Whoever had entered had turned their TV on and let the dogs out.

When the sisters – Roxanne lived with Karlyn for several months before moving back to Texas -- reported the intrusion to management in the development, their concerns were brushed aside, Roxanne said. The women were told that maintenance workers would enter units at times.

Roxanne said when she came home after 2 a.m. to find the door open – while Karlyn was in Texas – she was terrified.

The Anne Arundel County Police Department and the United States Army Criminal Investigation Command are offering a $20,000 reward for anyone who has information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspects responsible for Ramirez’s murder.

At a March 1 press conference, Anne Arundel County Police Chief Timothy Altomare said to whoever might have information that the $20,000 reward is enough to move, start a new life and get away from any threat.

“It’s a chance at a new beginning somewhere else,” Altomare said. “We’re hoping the person who has the kernel of information we need will step forward, let us know what they know, and help bring the killer in this case to justice.”

Sgt. John Poole said Ramirez was murdered the night before her body was found. There was no sign of forced entry to her home or robbery.

Police don’t have a person of interest, Poole said, but are confident someone has a “kernel of information” that can help solve the case.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call Homicide Detective Jason McNemar at 410-222-4756. To remain anonymous, contact the Anne Arundel County Police Tip Line 410-222-4700 or Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7LOCKUP.

»Photo of Karlyn Ramirez, courtesy of Anne Arundel County Police