Updated: 6:45 PM EDT July 19, 2021
CATAWBA COUNTY, N.C. 64-year-old Warren Lee Raymond Sr. was sentenced to a maximum of 50 years in prison for the brutal murders of his wife and autistic son in 2018. It is likely Raymond will spend the remainder of his life behind prison bars.
The sentence against the Catawba man was handed down on Monday, July 19, 2021, less than three years after the grisly killings unfolded. He pleaded guilty and offered no statement of his own during the sentencing.
A news release from the office of District Attorney Scott Reilly recounted the events that unfolded on September 13, 2018. According to the narrative, Raymond Sr. appeared at his neighbor s home with blood on his hands. He asked the neighbor to call 911, but disappeared shortly after. When police arrived at the Raymond household, they found him cradling his wife, 55-year-old Barbara Raymond. She had a knife in her abdomen.
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