well the mugshots are plastered everywhere. one cop said he saw the mugshots in the courthouse, but it was still lacking a name or a story behind it.  i saw the site anorexicweb.com with her mugshots on there. the woman that runs the site said she died 9 months after the last mugshot was taken and that she was a heroin addict. i don't know how she would know this, unless she saw that newspaper article many people have mentioned or had other outside information about the mughosts. or she could have she completly fabricated that information. i tried contacting her but the only email i found is now defunct. did rotten.com ever respond?
i'll try contacting city hall like i said, but if they don't let me look through the archived mugshots then the only other option that i can think of is searching a mugshot database for the name "maria ramos". though i don't know if they keep older mugshots and it might cost a bit of money. maybe someone that read that newspaper will respond with more information, but that's a long shot.

it does feel alittle weird, since most people don't know why i care so much, but that's palliated to some degree knowing that other people do care aswell.

Hey Kitten!  Thanks for signing up just to respond to my post!  Let me know if you find anything.  It seems so odd that no one's told her story in a broad public way.

i will. i am alittle worried since i did alittle more research and found that the police department wouldn't give a woman any information due to privacy laws. i know mugshots are public records, but i think one would have to know the persons name. anyway, i'll still give it a try. i believe you summarized why i was so interested in this woman. before the curiosity was elusive. when i'd tell someone about my interest in her i couldn't verbalize why the interest was so strong. it was just a feeling. i will probably go tomorrow or sunday.
oh and could someone please go to this site
 forum.ogrish.com/archive/index.php/t-71262.html

i have a weak stomach.