In the late hours of a Thursday in August of 2020, the life of Milan Madison, a 28-year-old male from Hyattsville, Maryland, was tragically cut short on a street in Newark, New Jersey. Just after midnight, on August 20th, gunshots rang out in the area of 69 Highland Avenue. When authorities arrived, they found that Madison had been shot. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 11:42 p.m.
The investigation into the violent death of Milan Madison was swiftly initiated by the Essex County
Prosecutor's Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force, which includes detectives from the Newark Police Department. In the immediate aftermath, no arrests were made, and the authorities reached out to the public for any information that could lead to the capture of the person or persons responsible for this act. The community was left shaken by the sudden and brutal nature of the crime that had taken a young man's life far from his home.
Months later, a breakthrough in the case was announced. A suspect was identified and charged with the murder of Milan Madison. Raymond E. Ruiz, who was 19 years old at the time, became the subject of a manhunt. By early 2021, law enforcement officials were still searching for Ruiz, and it was believed that he may have fled the state of New Jersey. Authorities continued to seek the public's assistance in locating the individual accused of ending Milan Madison's life. As of the spring of 2021, Raymond E. Ruiz remained a fugitive from justice, leaving a painful and unresolved chapter in the story of this homicide.
