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| Raymond Lee Bailey |
The attorney for Raymond Lee Bailey, 38, notified Circuit Court officials last week that his client would enter the insanity plea. Bailey was remanded to the Wayne County Jail following his arraignment in August of 2020 on four counts of first-degree murder and four counts of felony firearm violations. Each murder charge carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.
The charges are in connection to four homicides that occurred on Aug.15, 2020 in Sumpter Township. According to prosecutors, Sumpter Township police received a 911 emergency call at about 12:30 p.m. Aug. 5, and officers were dispatched to a home in the 24900 block of Martinsville Road.
When the officers arrived on the scene, they discovered four deceased victims who had suffered obvious gunshot wounds. The victims were later identified as Laura Tanner and her sister, Sarah Grupa, both of Detroit, and their cousins, Forrest Sampson and Neal Sampson, both of Van Buren Township. The prosecutors allege that at the time of the shooting, Laura Tanner was having ongoing problems with the suspect, Bailey, who was her ex-fiancée.Bailey was not at the scene of the shooting when police arrived prompting a search for him. Sumpter Township police received information the next day that Bailey had fled to Bay City. He turned himself in to Bay City authorities and was arrested and returned to Wayne County by Sumpter officers on Aug. 16. He was arraigned on all charges in 34th District Court on Aug. 19, 2020 and has remained in police custody.
