Bazan Garcia

Brandon R. Ramos, 31, was charged Monday with first-degree murder in the killing of his father, Bazan Garcia, 57. The house is in the 3200 block of Edmundson Road. Within about four hours, other family members returned home and called 911 when they could not locate Garcia, Armer said. When Breckenridge Hills officers arrived to the house about 11:30 p.m., Ramos acted erratically and told them they should take him to either jail or a hospital, Armer said. Officers then handcuffed Ramos at the house before family members discovered his father's body with stab wounds behind a shed on the property, Armer said. Officers searched the home and found a bloody mop and smelled a strong scent of vinegar inside the house, charging documents say. Police also found what appeared to be blood on the bottom of Ramos' shoe, court documents allege. Ramos is being held at the St. Louis County Jail.