Police Seeking Public's Help In Identifying Killer Of Convicted Child Molester

[Sugar Cookie]

Tacoma Police detectives are seeking the public's help to identify the suspect(s) responsible for the murder of 36-year-old Raymond Serrano.

At 11:24 p.m. on Wednesday March 18, 2020, Serrano was shot by an unidentified suspect in the city of Tacoma.

Detectives are looking for information on a vehicle seen in the area where the shooting occurred and is believed to have been involved in the crime. Investigators believe a dark-colored sedan was occupied by multiple suspects and may have stayed in the area after the homicide.

U.S. Marshals announced in November that convicted child predator Raymond Serrano was named to the Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force Top Ten Most Wanted fugitives list.

Serrano was wanted for Escape from Community Custody — breaking probation on a child molestation conviction that he’s being supervised for by the DOC in Pierce County.

Tacoma Police arrest three people in drive-by shooting that killed Raymond Serrano

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[Keepalowprofile]

Mums the word.

 

[Totemic]

Hmm down by the Tacoma Dome. I wouldn't know anyone that would do it.

 

[TX Leather Face]

He had a corn cob pipe and a button nose and two eyes made out of coal.

 

[Sevens My Charm]

He’s a convicted child molester who’s failing to register as a sex offender in Pierce County and is also wanted by the Department of Corrections for Escape. The task force thinks he could be living homeless in the Tacoma area and possibly camping near the Puyallup.

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Another homeless predator...

 

[Sejanus]

Turd gets washed away in a Spring shower.

 

[Brillig]

Unless they are searching for the killer in order to give him a reward, I won't be helping.

 

[Ramona the brave]

Lol is this what you call a victimless crime?

 

[sayitaintso]

Natural selection?

 

[Bobbo]

 

[CentreAussie]

Nah...

I got a feeling that no one is gonna snitch here...

Could you imagine being in prison and the word gets out that you ratted on a guy who offed a child rapist to shave a year or two off your drug charge? That's not going to go down well.

People tend to be pretty sympathetic to this kind of thing too. Juries are made up of regular people like us. Prosecutors are busy people and tend not to waste a lot of time on trials that they probably won't win anyway. Cops get pretty lazy about cases that they know prosecutors won't spend too much effort on. Prosecutors tend not to invest a whole lot in cases that they know the cops were lazy with in the first place. And everyone involved feels that regardless of their job and responsibilities, justice has already been served. That tends to make people lazy too.

I have a feeling that things are going to work out fine in this case.

 

[Bipedalprimate]

Stop....dont.....

 

[Spider]

This falls under the "oh well" category. Guess they finally caught his wanted ass.

 

[MildlyMedicated]

Oh this is soooo sad. NOT ! K-A-R-M-A.

 

[Craygor]

I did not kill this person. At that time, I was at work, surrounded by razor wire, locked behind security gates, and can only enter/leave by using hand geometry + ID card that is recorded and records are retained for at least 5 years, in accordance with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission rules.

 

[rushman]

I hear crickets

 

[Bobbo]

using hand geometry

Last night, I used a little hand geometry myself.

*cough*

 

[JackBurton]

I genuinely would like to know why the police are even investigating it. Whoever made that call should prob find another line of work.
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BTW, it was most likely drug related. Dude was livin on the streets, prob trying to buy or perhaps even involved with selling narcotics.

Someone will likely snitch or simply get found out and go down for it. Which, kind of a good thing cuz everyone involved with drugs should die in a cage. But again, when the victim is this meaningless and worthless, why expend the resources?

 

[Symmachus]

Looks like he got what he deserved. He'll never molest again. As they all say, "What goes around comes around."

 

[BuffettGirl]

Why are the Tacoma police looking to harass good citizens?

 

[Old Man Metal]

This is gonna be like the time the police sought the public's help in catching all the people that scooped up the Brinks' truck's spare change spillage. Laughter, catcalls, and zero useful information.

 

[MildlyMedicated]

Lost diamond ring in Mexico. . . .

 

[Future_Milf]

That killer did everyone a favor. I hope he's partying it up in Mexico.

 

[Future_Milf]

OOOOOOO and that creep got killed on my birthday!

 

[Old Man Metal]

Man, I've been working overtime on this case this week... still got nothin'.

 

[caitierig]

Guess sometimes what goes around does, indeed, come around. Good riddance.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Three people have been sentenced in the killing of a man gunned down in a drive-by as he walked in the street near the Tacoma Dome in March 2020.

Marcus Moore, 22, and Dustin Lee Smith, 20, both pleaded guilty in June to second-degree murder in the death of Raymond Serrano, court records show.

Co-defendant Aida Leito, 21, pleaded guilty in February to second-degree assault and drive-by shooting. Smith, who was convicted as an accomplice, was sentenced July 22 to 10 years, three months in prison. Leito, thought to have been driving the car, was sentenced July 22 to 813 days. Moore, thought to have fired the bullet that killed Serrano, was sentenced July 7 to 15 years, six months in prison.

Court records show Serrano, 36, and a friend were walking near East D and East 26th streets March 18, 2020, when a car carrying the defendants drove past. Someone inside allegedly shouted at the victim to get out of the street. Serrano’s friend yelled back, “Nothing but love, brother,” the records show.

The driver then executed a U-turn and passed the pedestrians when someone inside in the car fired a shot at Serrano, striking and killing him, court records show.

https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/crime/article263842967.html