Watertown man facing murder charge held without bail

A former Watertown man was ordered held without bail Thursday in Jefferson County Court after being arraigned on charges that he strangled his girlfriend to death and disposed of her body in a ditch.

Ramon Robles, 30, also called Ramon Robles-Ruiz, faces charges of second-degree murder, tampering with physical evidence and unlawfully disposing of a body in connection with the Dec. 8. death of Annette Y. Vazquez. The charges were contained in a grand jury indictment unsealed in court.

It is alleged in the indictment at that Robles caused the death of Ms. Vazquez, 33, by tying a ligature around her neck and asphyxiating her. It is further alleged that he tampered with evidence by disposing of her body in a location other than where her death occurred.