The Maine Cold Case of Raynald Levesque

Murder, She Told

Kristen Seavey

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

1994 - Madison, Maine. At 55, Raynald Levesque was living the American dream he set out to achieve: he had a beautiful family, a community who loved him, and a successful local business he enjoyed. A proud French-Canadian, Ray was looking forward to traveling in his retirement, and meeting his future grandchildren... but Ray would never see those golden years. One morning in April of 1994, he was shot by an unknown man in his own home in Madison, Maine. The intruder stole cash and left Ray for dead. When he was discovered hours later, it was too late. For the past 28-years, Ray's case has quietly sat on the Maine State Unsolved Homicide list. Little progress has been made since the initial investigation. But Ray's daughter, Julia, still holds onto faith that somebody has the key. She reached out to me to tell her dad's story, hoping somebody out there can help bring her family the long-awaited answers they deserve. If you have any information about the murder of Ray Levesque, please contact the Maine State Major Crimes Unit Central at (207) 624-7143 or leave a tip. Detailed sources can be found on murdershetold.com Connect on Instagram @murdershetoldpodcast Support the show here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Murder She Told, true crime stories from Maine, New England, and Small Town, USA.
0:19.3	I'm Kristen Zeevy.
0:21.4	You can connect with me at MurderSheTold.com or on Instagram at MurderSheToldPodcast.
0:31.0	It was a gloomy afternoon in Small Town, Madison, Maine.
0:36.0	But despite being sucked in by the clouds, there was an extra pap and gym step because Maine's harsh winter was finally lifting.
0:43.0	It was a brisk 50 degrees, and he had shed his winter coat and was back in his ordinary uniform.
0:49.0	He was heading down Main Street to one of his typical pickups, Madison Area Recycling Center.
0:55.0	He was friendly with a sole employee and owner, Ray LaVac.
0:58.0	They would sometimes chew the fat about local gossip in town.
1:01.0	And Ray was still a little riled up about an upstart competitor who was undercutting prices.
1:06.0	Jim pulled into the gravel driveway adjacent to Ray's house and drove to the back of his property where the business building stood.
1:13.0	Ray ran a bottle return business and Jim was there for regular pickup.
1:18.0	The lights were on and the heat was on, but there was no sign of Ray.
1:22.0	He waited a few minutes expecting him to appear.
1:25.0	Growing impatient, Jim decided to pop in at the house to see if he was on the property before heading out.
1:31.0	And what he discovered, he would remember for the rest of his life.
1:35.0	Peering through cupped hands into the kitchen window, Jim could see Ray on the floor, a pool of blood under his head.
1:43.0	Ray was dead.
1:47.0	Just west of Ray's modest two bedroom home lay the historic downtown of Madison.
1:53.0	A small working class town in central Maine of about 4,000 people.
1:57.0	It was a mill town built on the banks of the Kennebec River.
2:01.0	Anson, its sister city, sat perched on the opposite banks.
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