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    Warren Lee Raymond Sr. Sentenced to 40 Years in 2018 NC Murder of Barbara Jean Parker Raymond and Warren Lee Raymond Jr.


    Barbara Jean Parker Raymond and Warren Lee Raymond Jr.





    Death Penalty Will Be Sought In Catawba County Murder Case

    By WHKY News

    The State will seek the death penalty in the double murder case against 62-year-old Warren Lee Raymond Sr., of Catawba. Prosecutors made the announcement of their intention to proceed with the case as a capital matter during Catawba County Superior Court on Monday (April 1).

    Raymond is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the September 13, 2018, deaths of his wife, 55-year-old Barbara Jean Parker Raymond, and his son, 30-year-old Warren Lee Raymond Jr.

    Events leading to Raymond's arrest began just before 5 p.m. September 13 when Catawba Police and Catawba County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a call for service regarding a cardiac arrest at an address on N.C. Highway 10 East in Catawba. Raymond was found in the residence with two victims. Both victims were deceased when Officers arrived.

    Raymond was taken into custody and questioned. The N.C. State Bureau of Investigation was called in to assist with the investigation. S.B.I. Agents charged Raymond with murder early the morning of September 14.

    Raymond is being held at the Catawba County Detention Facility under no bond. His next District Court date is listed for July 8. The case remains under investigation by the Catawba Police Department and the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation.

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    Catawba man sentenced to 40 years for the murders of his wife and son

    By Kristen Hurt
    Hickory Record

    Warren Lee Raymond Sr., 64, pleaded guilty on Monday to two counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of his wife and son.

    Judge Todd Pomeroy sentenced him to 240 to 300 months in prison for each count. That’s a minimum of 40 years behind bars. The family also requested restitution of $10,556 for reimbursement of funeral expenses. The sentence was handed down in Catawba County Superior Court.

    Raymond pleaded guilty to killing Barbara Raymond, 55, and Warren Raymond Jr., 30, at the family home on Highway 10 West in Catawba on Sept. 13, 2018.

    Assistant District Attorney Nancy Lee said on the day of the deaths, Raymond Sr. went to his neighbor’s house. He asked Mark Herbert to call 911. “Mr. Herbert walked to the defendant’s residence … and saw the defendant (Raymond Sr.) lying on the living room floor holding his wife … Mr. Herbert then saw Barbara had a knife protruding from her abdomen.”

    Herbert later saw Warren Jr. in the garage lying on his back in a pool of blood, according to Lee. A sledgehammer and crowbar were found by police officers next to Warren Jr. “He suffered multiple skull fractures which caused bleeding of the brain … there were fractures of facial bones and both eye sockets. He also sustained a stab wound to the right neck,” Lee said.

    Barbara Raymond suffered stab wounds in multiple spots, including several arteries, her liver, gallbladder, her left lung and her pancreas.

    Lee said Raymond had a gambling addiction and he used his disability pay to purchase lottery tickets. On the day of the murders, Barbara’s sister called her to tell her Warren Sr. was gambling again “and asked her sister (Barbara) to confront the defendant about the situation,” Lee said.

    Lee added that Raymond told investigators that he was not home during the time of the murders, but investigators looked into the claims and found no alibi for Raymond Sr. Investigators did turn up video surveillance of Raymond picking his wife up from work that day at Balls Creek Elementary School.

    Witness Mark Herbert spoke in court. He said he was friends with the Raymonds and visited their home for dinner several times. “They were my neighbors, friends and fellow church-goers,” he said.

    “He (Warren Raymond Jr.) was a beautiful, unique and wonderful man,” Herbert said.

    “Thursday, September 13, 2018, is burned in my memory,” he continued. “I will never forget Warren Sr. coming to my door on his knees, crying, hyperventilating, blood on his hands. I will never forget seeing Barbara on the living room floor surrounded by blood, lifeless, a knife in her abdomen.”

    Herbert said he was grateful for the plea deal so that the case would not go to trial.

    Raymond Sr. declined to speak in court before his sentencing.

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    "I realize this may sound harsh, but as a father and former lawman, I really don't care if it's by lethal injection, by the electric chair, firing squad, hanging, the guillotine or being fed to the lions."
    - Oklahoma Rep. Mike Christian

    "There are some people who just do not deserve to live,"
    - Rev. Richard Hawke

    “There are lots of extremely smug and self-satisfied people in what would be deemed lower down in society, who also deserve to be pulled up. In a proper free society, you should be allowed to make jokes about absolutely anything.”
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