Exclusive: Weston Ringleader In 1981 Murder Case

Only on Fox 29, we have exclusive new details on Linda Weston, the accused ring leader in the Philadelphia house of horrors case, who was also called the "ringleader" in a 1981 murder case.

The information comes from more than 1,000 pages of court documents obtained by Fox 29.

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We obtained court documents obtained exclusively from the criminal courts of Philadelphia and they spell out the startling details of Linda Weston's 1983 conviction in the starvation death of Bernardo Ramos.

The files also show how Weston was paroled on that murder charge and was ordered by the court to take psychotropic drugs.

Weston and three other people now face kidnapping and other charges after four people were imprisoned in a Philadelphia basement, and a fifth person was found locked in a closet.

Police are investigating claims Weston was the ringleader in a plot to get benefits checks for those people, and as many as 50 people in total.

The documents include a mix of handwritten and typed notes.

One chilling sentence in the case review reads, " The evidence clearly demonstrated that [Weston] was mentally able to supervise a household. She also appeared to be the ringleader of this conspiracy."

The papers show why Weston served only four years in a third-degree murder conviction for killing Ramos, who was the boyfriend of her sister, Venus Weston.

The records show in 1981 she locked Ramos in a closet for about two months. She fed him only four times and let him out on six or seven occasions.

When Ramos died, she wheeled him in a baby carriage to an abandoned house and dumped him.

Linda Weston was sentenced to between 4 and 10 years at the state prison at Muncy, Pa.

Fox 29 also obtained Weston's parole documents.

The files show Weston likely spent two years locked up in a local jail and two more in state prison.

On January 15th, 1987 , after serving just four years (her minimum sentence), Weston was paroled.

The parole board ordered mandatory intensive supervision and out patient therapy for Linda Weston.

Weston was ordered to take psychotropic meds--drugs for mental illness--and stay out of trouble.

Weston was cited for failing to meet with her parole officer in 1988 and records show by 1993, she was out of the criminal justice system and free.