The Teen Who Strangled His Mom: Greg Ramos Case Florida teenager Gregory Ramos seemed to have a bright future ahead of him, so what provoked him to kill his mom? Stay tuned to find out and subscribe to Anna Solves. - Teenagers often argue with their parents about underachieving grades at school - but in this bizarre, tragic case, a heated argument over a teen’s ‘D’ grade led to one of the most disturbing matricides on record. But can receiving a bad grade really provoke a teenage boy to kill his own mom? Let’s get into it.