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Raymond Homer

Case from Cleveland, OH dated Sep 16, 1968

Victim Details

Raymond Homer

Male

Black / African American

Cleveland

OH

1968-09-16

26

Raymond

Homer

07/19/2026

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Raymond Homer, a 26-year-old man, was one of four people whose bodies were discovered in Cleveland's Rockefeller Park on the morning of September 16, 1968. Early-morning joggers encountered the victims lying side by side, turning a quiet area of the park into the scene of an execution-style multiple homicide. Raymond had been shot several times and died alongside 54-year-old tavern owner Joseph Zoldan, 22-year-old Ronald Mahone, and 21-year-old Martha Lancaster.

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