Murder of Raymond Fife

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On September 10, 1985, in Warren, Ohio, United States, 12-year-old Boy Scout Raymond Fife (January 27, 1973 – September 12, 1985) disappeared after he was seen going outside to meet a friend. When Fife's family discovered that he had not arrived at his friend's house, they began searching for him. The search lasted more than four hours before Fife's father discovered his body in a wooded field behind a supermarket on Palmyra Road. Fife died two days later from his injuries, which were presumed to have resulted from a physical assault. An autopsy ruled that Fife's death was a homicide and confirmed that he had been raped before he died. The investigation led to the arrests of two men, Timothy A. Combs (December 21, 1967 – November 9, 2018) and Danny Lee Hill (born January 6, 1967). Both were convicted of raping and murdering Fife. Hill, who was 18 at the time of the crime, was sentenced to death, while Combs, who was 17 at the time of the murder, was spared the death penalty and sentenced...

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