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Ramona Irene Price
Another possible victim of serial killer Mack Ray Edwards.
It is a horrific thing to wade through the victims of Mack Ray Edwards. He took from those around him like his sister-in-law or children of friends. He would also take strangers like Ramona Price (7).
The Price family was moving from their old home on Oak Avenue to a new one in Goleta. Ramona commented that she was going to walk to the new house which was around seven miles away. Her father didn’t take her seriously, but he jokingly answered, “Go to it”. He went back to moving and did not think anything of it. About 30 minutes later they realized Ramona was gone.
The police were called, and they brought in dogs to track her scent. Ramona walked from Oak Avenue down Modoc Road and towards the entrance of the La Cumbre Country Club. The dogs followed that trail for an estimated total of two miles before they lost her scent. Which matched up with witnesses saying they saw her get into a faded blue 1953 or 1954 Plymouth.
Mack Ray Edwards would admit to killing her and using a backhoe to bury her body.
The construction company Edwards worked for handled building the bridge at the Winchester overpass on the Ventura freeway. It would open for use a few weeks after Ramona went missing.
