Ricky Gray and the 2006 Richmond Murder Spree
Overview
Ricky Javon Gray was an American mass murderer responsible for a series of home invasions, robberies, assaults and killings that terrorized the Richmond, Virginia, area during the opening days of 2006. Working primarily with his nephew, Ray Joseph Dandridge, Gray participated in crimes that left seven people dead in Virginia. He also admitted involvement in the earlier killing of his wife, Treva Gray, in Pennsylvania.
The best-known crime associated with Gray was the murder of musician Bryan Harvey, his wife Kathryn, and their two young daughters, Stella and Ruby, inside their Richmond home on January 1, 2006. Five days later, Gray and Dandridge were involved in the killings of Mary Baskerville-Tucker, Percyell Tucker and Ashley Baskerville. The violence involved robbery, restraint, suffocation, stabbing, beating and an attempt to destroy evidence through arson.
Background and Association with Ray Dandridge
Ricky Javon Gray was born on March 9, 1977. By late 2005, he was living in Washington, Pennsylvania, with his wife, Treva Terrell Gray. Ray Joseph Dandridge, Gray's nephew, moved into the residence after being released from prison in October 2005 following a lengthy sentence for armed robbery.
Gray and Dandridge later traveled to Virginia, where Gray had family connections. Once together in the Richmond and Arlington areas, the two men began committing violent crimes against people selected during robberies and home invasions. Ashley Baskerville, who had personal relationships with both men at different times, participated in some of their criminal activity before becoming one of their victims.
The Killing of Treva Gray
Before the Richmond murder spree, Gray was connected to the death of his wife, 35-year-old Treva Terrell Gray. Her body was discovered on November 5, 2005, in a shallow grave near Brookside Avenue in Washington, Pennsylvania. She had suffered severe blunt-force injuries.
Gray and Dandridge were questioned after the body was found, but the death was not immediately prosecuted as a homicide. Following his arrest in January 2006, Gray confessed that he had beaten Treva while Dandridge restrained her. The Pennsylvania killing demonstrated that the pair's violence had begun before they arrived in Virginia.
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