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I'm Renee, and this is Beyond Contempt True Crime.

Thank you. I'm Renee, and this is Beyond Contempt True Crime. I only just heard about this case a few weeks ago when I stumbled down an internet rabbit hole.

This is one of the more horrible cases I've covered. Consider yourself warned.

You're listening to Episode 33, The Richmond Spree Murders.

Treva Terrell was born on May 19th, 1970, in Washington, Pennsylvania to parents Marna Terrell Squires and William Jackson.

She dropped out a school during her sophomore year.

Treva had four sons, Troy, Gregory, Joanne, and Tyree, all in quick succession.

She had done time in Alexandria, Virginia, for committing some smaller-time crimes.

Treva was looking to get back on her feet.

After she was released from jail, she moved into the safety of her mom and stepfather's home,

with her four children. Marna knew her daughter was a dichotomy and vacillated between

keeping on the straight and narrow path, and then falling off into bad patterns she couldn't

seem to quit. Teriva will go through periods of accomplishment, where she earned her GED and landed

an outstanding job as an admin at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. And she would be attentive

to her kids, taking them bowling and roller skating and attending their basketball games.

But then she would falter and fall into old habits of using drugs and

chasing after men who were not good for her or her family. In 1999, Jereva met a man named

Ricky Gray when he was on a break from prison. Their time together was short-lived when Ricky

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