GANGES TOWNSHIP, Mich. — "I'm calling for a murder that I committed two nights ago."
That's how Brandon Ortiz-Vite started his call to a 911 dispatcher in Allegan County on Sunday, March 24.
Brandon Ortiz-Vite's call to 911
The 25-year-old is charged with the death of Ruby Garcia, whose body was found on the shoulder of south US-131 near Leonard Street on March 22.
Law enforcement searched for Ortiz-Vite, but in the end he surrendered over the phone less than two days later. The murder suspect made the call from the Ganges United Methodist Church on 68th Street south o M-89 in Allegan County.
"I'm putting the gun right here by the mailbox," Ortiz-Vite told the dispatcher. "Okay, so you guys know, I'm not armed."
The murder suspect expressed multiple times over the phone a willingness to give himself up peacefully.
"I'm putting the gun right here by the mailbox."
Ortiz-Vite did make a request of the dispatcher concerning his own safety.
"When I turn myself in, I know they're going to kill me in jail. They're going to try to kill me. Can I be in solitary?"
Later Ortiz-Vite added, "Please, I don't want to die in jail, you know, I know that I committed a murder."
"They are going to kill me, that's a fact."
The entire 911 call is just more than 16 minutes long. About ten minutes in, it appears Ortiz-Vite begins breaking down emotionally.
"The reason why I say that I'm gonna die inside is because I already got word that there's a hit on me," he tells the Allegan County dispatch operator.
"I know what I did was wrong, and I'll do the time."
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Approximately 14 minutes after dialing 911, officers begin arriving on scene at the church.
"I have my hands up in the air," he says before the sound of K-9 officers barking begins coming over the call.
Ortiz-Vite now faces a list of felony charges, most of them connected to the murder of Ruby Garcia. He is expected back in court on May 29.
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