Portrait illustration of Chico Ramirez

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Chico Ramirez

Age 24 · Junior police detective · Redstone, California

Francisco “Chico” Ramirez is the junior half of the Redstone police detective squad. Slight of build, sharply dressed and seldom without a smile, he loves his hometown but yearns for a bigger stage and the chance to prove what he can accomplish.

Eager to please and determined to establish his own worth, Chico wants to earn the respect of his community and of Dan Kelly, the senior detective he admires. Most important of all, he wants to prove himself to his father, George Ramirez—newspaper editor and perhaps the most popular man in Redstone.