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In a grim discovery, the body of 26-year-old Neko Rayton was found in a bathtub in a Utica, New York, apartment on a Saturday in November 2023. Police were initially called to the residence after a downstairs neighbor reported what appeared to be blood leaking from their ceiling. Upon arrival, officers confirmed the substance was indeed blood and proceeded to the upstairs apartment to conduct a welfare check.

When officers knocked, a man, later identified as 25-year-old Colton Shaffer, em ...Read More
Victim Details

Neko Rayton

Male

Black / African American

Utica

NY

2023-11-11

26

Neko

Rayton

01/10/2026