A’nya Raymond, a 31-year-old Black woman, was found shot to death in a Milwaukee alley on the morning of November 5, 2025. Police were called shortly after 9 a.m. to the area near North 41st Street and West Hampton Avenue, where Raymond’s body had been discovered with multiple gunshot wounds. Investigators later said she had suffered eight gunshot wounds.
A neighbor who came across Raymond said she had not heard gunfire during the preceding hours, raising the possibility that Raymond had been killed somewhere else before her body was left in the alley.
The circumstances surrounding Raymond’s death became even more disturbing because of something that had happened approximately five hours earlier. Around 4 a.m., police encountered Raymond’s young son wandering alone near North 9th Street and West Keefe Avenue, more than three miles from where his mother would later be found. The child was without shoes or socks and was initially believed to be nonverbal. Police first appealed to the public for help locating his parents or guardians. Raymond’s family later confirmed that the boy was her son, and authorities eventually reunited him with relatives.
Investigators eventually connected Raymond’s killing to another homicide at a residence near North 12th Street and the Capitol Drive area. According to prosecutors and a criminal complaint, Kevin Griffin, the owner of the property, had been involved in an ongoing dispute with his tenant, Terrance Wilder. Griffin allegedly told investigators that he went upstairs to confront Wilder about problems at the residence and claimed he encountered what he believed was a drug transaction. Griffin said he became enraged and shot Wilder. Raymond and her son were reportedly present, making Raymond a witness to the shooting.
According to the complaint, Raymond tried to assure Griffin that she would not tell anyone what she had witnessed. Griffin allegedly told investigators that he did not believe her. Raymond and her child then left the residence with Griffin in his vehicle. During the drive, Griffin claimed Raymond reached into her purse and produced a knife and mace. Prosecutors said Griffin admitted striking Raymond and then shooting her. He allegedly told detectives that she had simply been in the wrong place at the wrong time when she witnessed Wilder’s killing.
Authorities said Griffin then disposed of Raymond’s body in the alley near 41st Street and Hampton Avenue. According to his alleged account to investigators, he discarded the firearm near railroad tracks and returned with Raymond’s child to the residence. Griffin allegedly placed the child in Raymond’s vehicle, drove him to another part of Milwaukee and left him there, telling him to wait for his mother to come get him. The child was subsequently found wandering near 9th Street and Keefe Avenue.
The investigation began to focus on Griffin after detectives recovered additional evidence. Court filings reported that Raymond’s cellphone was traced to the backyard of a burned-out property only a few hundred feet from where her son had been found. Investigators reportedly found a fingerprint belonging to Griffin on the phone. On November 9, police executed a search warrant at Griffin’s residence and discovered Wilder dead in the upstairs unit, lying on a bed with a gunshot wound to his chest. The discovery helped authorities connect the two killings and ultimately led to Griffin being accused of responsibility for both deaths.
Griffin was taken into custody and made an initial Milwaukee County court appearance on November 16. Prosecutors charged him in connection with the two killings with first-degree intentional homicide while using a dangerous weapon, first-degree reckless homicide while using a dangerous weapon, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Prosecutors told the court that Griffin had admitted his involvement in both shootings. A judge set cash bond at $500,000.
The case transformed what initially appeared to be the unexplained discovery of Raymond’s body into an allegation that she had been killed because she witnessed another shooting. Her son’s mysterious appearance on a Milwaukee street hours before her body was found became an important part of reconstructing what happened. The latest publicly available reporting located during this review identifies Griffin as the charged defendant and documents his $500,000 bond, but does not establish that a trial, conviction or sentencing in Raymond’s killing had yet occurred.
