A Roma postal worker is behind bars in the Starr County Jail. Police say she threatened to kill her boss. She said she would help hide the body too.

Officer Christian Diaz got the call on April 30. Police sent him to the post office on East Grant Street in Roma. He met with the boss. She said a coworker had something to show her.

The threat did not happen at the counter. It did not happen in an office fight either. It showed up weeks earlier, buried in a private group chat between coworkers.

A coworker told the boss she was in a group chat with two other post office workers. One of them was Heaven Ramirez, 26. The coworker showed the boss messages from March 20. In them, Ramirez and another coworker were talking bad about the boss and her assistant.

In one message, Ramirez wrote to the other coworker, "if you murder [my boss] I'll help hide the body pookie."

The boss first told police she did not want to press charges. She said she just wanted a report on file. She wanted proof on record in case something happened to her later.

The coworker who showed her the message later went to the Roma Police Department. She gave a recorded statement. She said she got scared. That is why she told the boss. She did not want to get blamed for staying quiet.

She also said she waited to speak up for a reason. She was scared Ramirez and the other coworker would find out. She thought they might get back at her.

Two months passed. Then on July 1, the boss changed her mind. She told police she wanted to press charges after all.

On July 7, a detective sat down with her again. The threat had stayed with her. She told the detective she felt scared. She said she had not been able to sleep.

The charge against Ramirez is called terroristic threat. In plain terms, it means threatening to hurt or kill someone. The threat has to be bad enough to make a person fear for their safety. It is a Class B misdemeanor under Texas law. Class B misdemeanors in Texas can carry up to 180 days in jail. They can also carry a fine up to $2,000.

Roma sits on the border in Starr County, just north of the Rio Grande.

Ramirez was arrested in the days after that July 7 interview. She was booked into the Starr County Jail on a warrant out of Starr County. Her bond was set at $2,000.

El Tejano will update this story when more information comes out.