{"id":5345,"date":"2018-07-25T18:25:35","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T22:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=5345"},"modified":"2018-07-25T18:25:35","modified_gmt":"2018-07-25T22:25:35","slug":"batavia-the-family-of-the-victim-in-the-liberty-street-homicide-is-looking-for-answers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2018\/07\/25\/batavia-the-family-of-the-victim-in-the-liberty-street-homicide-is-looking-for-answers\/","title":{"rendered":"BATAVIA\/The family of the victim in the Liberty street homicide is looking for answers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5346\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2018\/07\/25\/batavia-the-family-of-the-victim-in-the-liberty-street-homicide-is-looking-for-answers\/ray-morgan\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Ray-Morgan.jpg?fit=405%2C540&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"405,540\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Ray Morgan\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Ray-Morgan.jpg?fit=405%2C540&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5346\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Ray-Morgan.jpg?resize=405%2C540&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"405\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Ray-Morgan.jpg?w=405&amp;ssl=1 405w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Ray-Morgan.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Ray-Morgan.jpg?resize=113%2C150&amp;ssl=1 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 405px) 100vw, 405px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Family members of Ray Morgan converged at the corner of Liberty and Central avenue on Wednesday afternoon to come together and give each other support as they attempted to collect their loved ones belongings after he was brutally attacked and killed at a boarding house for parolees late Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>When they arrived at the 10&#215;10 foot living space that Morgan occupied for the last few months, they found it had been cleaned and all his belongings had already been removed by the landlord.<\/p>\n<p>Visibly upset over the fact that disturbing pictures of the crime scene were taken by another parolee in the boarding house and posted on social media before they were even allowed inside, family members expressed their disbelief in how the property was left open after police left the scene this morning.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zQra2k-BUfs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nThe family says they were able to track down Morgan&#8217;s laptop through a serial number and they say it was located in another parolee&#8217;s room. That parolee was taken into custody by NYS Parole along with one other parolee.<\/p>\n<p>They say a TV was taken and an old one put in its place. Family members say they were left with bags of bloody clothes and not much else.<\/p>\n<p>At this time police have not charged anyone in the killing and are looking for leads in the case. As of right now, they have a report of a subject that was seen exiting the residence through a second story window. They are also checking security cameras in the area.<\/p>\n<p>If anyone has any information they should contact the City of Batavia Police at 585-345-6350 or the confidential tipline at 585-345-6370<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Family members of Ray Morgan converged at the corner of Liberty and Central avenue on Wednesday afternoon to come together and give each other support as they attempted to collect their loved ones belongings after he was brutally attacked and killed at a boarding house for parolees late Tuesday night. \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2018\/07\/25\/batavia-the-family-of-the-victim-in-the-liberty-street-homicide-is-looking-for-answers\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[1111],"class_list":["post-5345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-batavia","tag-ray-morgan"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-1od","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5672,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2018\/08\/24\/batavia-family-of-liberty-street-murder-victim-looking-for-justice\/","url_meta":{"origin":5345,"position":0},"title":"BATAVIA\/Family of Liberty street murder victim looking for justice","author":"aka","date":"August 24, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"(Submitted photo Ray Morgan) Peggy Brusie is the mother of two children, Faith Marie Slack and Rae Lee Morgan, who lost their dad, Ray Morgan, to violence after he was murdered on July 24, 2018 on Liberty street. The family says they are looking for help from the community in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Batavia&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Batavia","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/category\/gennesse-county\/batavia\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/RAY-FAMILY.png?fit=631%2C473&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/RAY-FAMILY.png?fit=631%2C473&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/RAY-FAMILY.png?fit=631%2C473&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5823,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2018\/09\/07\/batavia-person-of-interest-in-liberty-street-murder-still-being-held-in-jail\/","url_meta":{"origin":5345,"position":1},"title":"BATAVIA\/Person of interest in Liberty street murder still being held in jail","author":"aka","date":"September 7, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"A person of interest in the July 24th beating death of Ray Morgan on Liberty street is still being held in jail at this time. Batavia Police are still awaiting DNA results from the State Police Lab, according to Chief Shawn Heubusch and the person of interest in the case\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Batavia&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Batavia","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/category\/gennesse-county\/batavia\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Still-Homicide-with-cops.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Still-Homicide-with-cops.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Still-Homicide-with-cops.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Still-Homicide-with-cops.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Still-Homicide-with-cops.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10830,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2019\/08\/28\/genesee-county-batavia-man-sentenced-in-murder-of-ray-morgan-last-summer\/","url_meta":{"origin":5345,"position":2},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Batavia man sentenced in murder of Ray Morgan last summer","author":"aka","date":"August 28, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Richard D. Hanes, 36, of Batavia appeared for sentencing on Wednesday morning in Genesee County Court. Hanes was found guilty of murder 2nd in July after a weeklong trial in the beating death of Ray Morgan at 111 Liberty street last summer. Daughters of Ray Morgan address the court Several\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Genesee County&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Genesee County","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/category\/genesee-county\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Hanes-still-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Hanes-still-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Hanes-still-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Hanes-still-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Hanes-still-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5361,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2018\/07\/27\/batavia-friends-and-family-gather-on-liberty-street-to-remember-ray-morgan\/","url_meta":{"origin":5345,"position":3},"title":"BATAVIA\/Friends and family gather on Liberty street to remember Ray Morgan","author":"aka","date":"July 27, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Friends and family of 47 year old Ray Morgan, who was killed after a brutal attack at his residence on Tuesday night, gathered at 111 Liberty street on Thursday night to celebrate his life. Many people expressed their thoughts about Morgan as a friend, a son, a brother and someone\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Batavia&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Batavia","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/category\/gennesse-county\/batavia\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Ray-Morgan.jpg?fit=405%2C540&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5428,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2018\/07\/31\/batavia-police-continue-to-investigate-liberty-street-homicide\/","url_meta":{"origin":5345,"position":4},"title":"BATAVIA\/Police continue to investigate Liberty street homicide","author":"aka","date":"July 31, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Batavia Police continue to investigate a homicide that occurred last week at 111 Liberty street. Batavia Police Chief Shawn Heubusch says investigators are working through the forensics of the case currently. \"DNA is being expedited by the State Police lab,\" says Heubusch. As far as the parolees picked up last\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Batavia&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Batavia","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/category\/gennesse-county\/batavia\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Still-Homicide-with-cops.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Still-Homicide-with-cops.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Still-Homicide-with-cops.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Still-Homicide-with-cops.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Still-Homicide-with-cops.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9676,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2019\/06\/14\/batavia-suspect-in-liberty-street-murder-rejects-plea-offer\/","url_meta":{"origin":5345,"position":5},"title":"BATAVIA\/Suspect in Liberty street murder rejects plea offer","author":"aka","date":"June 14, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Richard D. 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