By . David Mccormack . PUBLISHED: . 13:33 EST, 18 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:09 EST, 18 May 2013 . The body of a 36-year-old Army veteran and soon-to-be college graduate was found on Thursday at a remote Orange County canyon in California. Maribel Ramos had been missing for two weeks. Her roommate, Kwang Chol ‘KC’ Joy, 54, has been arrested by authorities in connection with the murder. He voluntarily submitted to an interview with detectives on Friday morning and was later arrested on suspicion of killing Ramos. The body of army vet Maribel Ramos, 36, was found on Thursday at a remote Orange County canyon in California . Roommates: Ramos' ex-roommate KC Joy was taken in for questioning by cops early Friday and was later arrested, he is suspected of her murder . Right before Ramos disappeared she had asked him to move out, say her family, and neighbors had reported Joy acting suspiciously since her disappearance. Ramos was honorably discharged from the army in 2008 after serving eight years, including tours in Iraq and South Korea. She was set to graduate with a degree in criminal justice from Cal State Fullerton later this month, reports Fox. Ramos was last seen on security camera video on May 2 at her Orange apartment complex, authorities said. According to Maribel's family she had asked KC Joy to move out of her apartment just before she disappeared . Maribel Ramos was last seen on surveillance video dropping off her rent check on May 2 in Orange, two weeks later her body was found in the brush near Modjeska Canyon . The next day, she failed to show up . at a veterans event at which she was scheduled to speak, then missed a . softball game she had played weekly with one of her cousins for years. Friends and relatives said it was out of character for her to walk away from her commitments without telling anyone. ‘She doesn't do anything like that,’ cousin Frank Campos said before the body was found. ‘She's not the type of person to get up and go. There had to be something.’ Family members said that when they went to her apartment after she first missed appointments, her car and her dog - a Chihuahua mix named Mia that was often at her side - were still there. Family and friends organized walks through her neighborhood, handing out fliers and looking for clues. Her body was found in the brush near Modjeska Canyon. Lucero 'Lucy' Gonzalez holds a photo of her sister Maribel Ramos whose body was found on Thursday after she had been missing for two weeks .
Maribel Ramos disappeared two weeks ago from her home in Orange, California .
Police have arrested her ex-roommate KC Joy on suspicion of murder .
Army vet Ramos had served in Iraq and South Korea and was due to graduate this month with a degree in criminal justice .
By . David Mccormack . PUBLISHED: . 13:33 EST, 18 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:09 EST, 18 May 2013 . The body of a 36-year-old Army veteran and soon-to-be college graduate was found on Thursday at a remote Orange County canyon in California. Maribel Ramos had been missing for two weeks. Her roommate, Kwang Chol ‘KC’ Joy, 54, has been arrested by authorities in connection with the murder. He voluntarily submitted to an interview with detectives on Friday morning and was later arrested on suspicion of killing Ramos. The body of army vet Maribel Ramos, 36, was found on Thursday at a remote Orange County canyon in California . Roommates: Ramos' ex-roommate KC Joy was taken in for questioning by cops early Friday and was later arrested, he is suspected of her murder . Right before Ramos disappeared she had asked him to move out, say her family, and neighbors had reported Joy acting suspiciously since her disappearance. Ramos was honorably discharged from the army in 2008 after serving eight years, including tours in Iraq and South Korea. She was set to graduate with a degree in criminal justice from Cal State Fullerton later this month, reports Fox. Ramos was last seen on security camera video on May 2 at her Orange apartment complex, authorities said. According to Maribel's family she had asked KC Joy to move out of her apartment just before she disappeared . Maribel Ramos was last seen on surveillance video dropping off her rent check on May 2 in Orange, two weeks later her body was found in the brush near Modjeska Canyon . The next day, she failed to show up . at a veterans event at which she was scheduled to speak, then missed a . softball game she had played weekly with one of her cousins for years. Friends and relatives said it was out of character for her to walk away from her commitments without telling anyone. ‘She doesn't do anything like that,’ cousin Frank Campos said before the body was found. ‘She's not the type of person to get up and go. There had to be something.’ Family members said that when they went to her apartment after she first missed appointments, her car and her dog - a Chihuahua mix named Mia that was often at her side - were still there. Family and friends organized walks through her neighborhood, handing out fliers and looking for clues. Her body was found in the brush near Modjeska Canyon. Lucero 'Lucy' Gonzalez holds a photo of her sister Maribel Ramos whose body was found on Thursday after she had been missing for two weeks .
Maribel Ramos had been missing for two weeks. Her arrested on suspicion of killing Ramos. The body California . Roommates: Ramos' ex-roommate KC Joy murder . Right before Ramos disappeared she had eight years, including tours in Iraq and South Korea. She was set to graduate with a degree in criminal justice from Cal State Fullerton later