Pedro Santiago-Marquez has been convicted of the murder of Jason Mendez-Ramos. PC: Fox 11 Online
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — Pedro Santiago-Marquez was sentenced to life in prison for the drug debt-related murder of Jason Mendez-Ramos, whose burned body was found on the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay campus in September 2021.
Santiago-Marquez will first be eligible to ask for parole in July 2064, according to the sentence issued Tuesday by Judge William Atkinson. A five-year prison term for mutilating a corpse will be served concurrently, court records show.
The body of Mendez-Ramos was found at UWGB on Sept. 27, 2021. Prosecutors charged Pedro Santiago-Marquez with the murder, alleging Santiago-Marquez owed Mendez-Ramos $80,000 for a cocaine deal. Two others, Jeisaac Rodriguez-Garcia and Alexander Burgos-Mojica, were convicted of assisting in the crime.
According to the criminal complaints, Santiago-Marquez owned an east-side business. At that time, Mendez-Ramos, Burgos-Mojica and Rodriguez-Garcia currently or previously worked for Santiago-Marquez. A witness told police Santiago-Marquez owed Mendez-Ramos $80,000 for a cocaine deal.
Mendez-Ramos’ body was dumped on the edge of the UWGB campus and set on fire. Security videos, cellphone tracking information and DNA tie Rodriguez-Garcia to that scene, according to the criminal complaints.
Burgos-Mojica was sentenced to a year in prison. Rodriguez-Garcia will be sentenced June 9.
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