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29 de abr. de 2019 · Payne, now 81, pleaded guilty to a general count of murder in the 1975 strangulation death of 16-year-old Debbie Gama. A three-judge panel convicted him of first-degree murder...
- A Message of Forgiveness That Traveled Beyond Erie
- A Mother Stood Firm as Her Daughter's Killer Appealed
- Ferguson Forgave, But Sought Closure in Murder Case
Ferguson was raised in Erie, one of four daughters of the late Harold Palmer and Inez Heinonen. After Debbie Gama was killed, Ferguson started the career that made her well known among crime victims throughout the region. Ferguson volunteered with Erie County Rape Crisis Center from 1981 to 1986, and was named volunteer of the year one year. Starti...
Ferguson recounted her experience with deep grief and forgiveness again in January 2019. Her daughter's murder was featured in the Discovery Channel series "The Lake Erie Murders." Payne's case was still not over by that time. Payne won a reprieve in April 2019 after filing unsuccessful appeals for decades. The state Superior Court ordered that Pay...
Ferguson did not spare Payne her persistence. She pressed Payne even as she forgave him. As she met with him and wrote to him, she demanded to know who else was with him when he killed her daughter. The seminal fluid showed that Payne likely had an accomplice. "Forgiveness had an additional benefit in that she could have conversations with him in t...
19 de ene. de 2021 · Debbie Gama’s grisly murder shocked the entire community and left her family in shambles. The culprit behind Debbie’s unfortunate fate was found to be one of her teachers from her school, Raymond Payne. He was ultimately convicted and sentenced for Debbie’s death.
19 de ene. de 2021 · The investigator made a connection between the copper-coated wire used to bind Debbie and her high school English teacher, Raymond Payne. The police finally arrested Payne, nearly two years after Debbie’s death, and charged him with murder.
2 de dic. de 2020 · Convicted murderer Raymond D. Payne, who lost one of the longest-running appeals in a criminal case in Erie County, has died in state prison after testing positive for COVID-19, authorities...
- Ed Palattella Erie Times-News
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17 de jul. de 2021 · Wayne Williams, considered a prime suspect in the murder of dozens of children, was convicted in 1982 of the murder of Cater and Jimmy Ray Payne, both adults whose bodies were discovered in the...
