The three Potter County residents accused of murdering a man and leaving his body in a wooded area in Harrison Township had charges against them bound to Potter County Court.
Additional charges have been added against them, too.
Felicia K. Cary, 33, Krysten L. Crosby, 21, and Kyle M. Moore, 29, appeared for a preliminary hearing Friday before District Judge Christopher Kalacinski.
The three are accused in the murder of Joshua Ramos, 19, a New Jersey man who was living in Galeton. The alleged murder took place in late March or early April, but it was not until July 5 that it was brought to the attention of law enforcement.
All three were initially charged with first-degree murder, third-degree murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder. Court records indicate the following charges have since been added, again against all three defendants: second degree murder; kidnap to inflict bodily injury or to terrorize the victim, a first-degree felony; and tampering with/fabricating physical evidence, a second-degree misdemeanor.
All charges were bound to court at the preliminary hearing, according to court records.
The criminal complaint described a cruel and drawn-out assault that began at a home in Galeton, where Moore, Crosby and Cary allegedly beat Ramos for around an hour, and then began to humiliate him.
Next, they had Ramos get in a van and lie down in the third row seat. The three defendants, Ramos and a fifth person — a witness who brought the allegations to the attention of law enforcement — drove first to Ole Bull State Park in Stewardson Township, but they left because they were worried they’d be spotted on a trail camera, the complaint stated.
They started driving toward Whitman Road in Harrison Township, where the three defendants took Ramos into the woods while the fifth person stayed behind. They were gone about two hours and returned without Ramos.
On July 6, after the alleged crime was reported, Ramos’s body was found in a wooded area near the intersection of Harrison Rooks Road and Whiteman Road in Harrison Township.
No motive has been released.
Crosby, Moore and Cary are incarcerated in Potter County Jail without bail due to the seriousness of the charges against them.
Crosby is represented by Wellsboro attorney Eric Gurney and Reynoldsville attorney Joseph Ryan, Moore by Wellsboro attorney Thomas Walrath Jr. and Williamsport attorney Edward Rymsza, and Cary by Walter Stenhach of the Potter County Public Defender’s Office and Clearfield attorney Chris Pentz.
The Potter County District Attorney’s Office is prosecuting the case.
