When a new manager was gunned down at work during a narrow window of time when most of the staff should have been on lunch break,

investigators honed in on two possible suspects among the victim's employees. To this day, the convicted

killer and his supporters are convinced police picked the wrong one,

but a key piece of evidence led the jury to a different conclusion.

I'm Kylie Lowe, and this is the case of Raymond Green on Dark Down East.

It was lunchtime on August 4th, 1986 at the Beltertown State School in Belcher Town,

Massachusetts, and 30-year-old Raymond Green had just snagged himself a meatball sub and a soda from an eatery on campus. According to reporting by Lori Loiselle for the Daily Hampshire Gazette, as Ray walked back

to his office inside the power plant building, he stopped for a minute to talk to some other

staff.

Even though Ray was in a good mood and seemed happy, he clearly had a few things on his mind, too,

like the disciplinary meetings he'd just

finished before lunch. Ray had been hired as the plant facility manager for the school about

four months earlier. He was tasked with streamlining the department and making it more efficient.

He was also responsible for enforcing rules related to time-off and lunch breaks, assigning

responsibilities to his staff of more than 60 employees, and making recommendations for

demotions, firings, and other disciplinary action.

It was something he didn't take lightly, and Ray was described as being much more strict

than the manager who came before him.

Sometimes his management style caused some tension among staff, but all in all, Ray seemed to be

well-liked by those who really got to know him in the few short months he'd been at his post.

Finishing his chat with the group outside the power plant building,

Ray waved him off and then headed up to his office where he planned to enjoy lunch at his desk.

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