Silas Fletcher Biographies & Genealogy

8 Silas Fletcher Biographies

Silas Fletcher Jul 17, 1935 - Nov 11, 2009 Dixon, Illinois, United States

Silas Fletcher was born to George Kenneth Fletcher and Marie Yvonne Orris. He had siblings Patricia Margo Fletcher-Klutts (1936-2017), Douglas Martin Fletcher (1939-1998), Sandra Hope Fletcher (1941-), and Edwin Thomas Fletcher (1943-) as well as five half siblings. He grew up in Rhinelander, Wisconsin and attended Rhinelander High School there. On July 19, 1958 he married Dorothy Lee Tohtz (1938–) in Cook County Illinois. They had three daughters together. In his late 30s, Silas Fletcher led a robbery gang and, on October 1, 1972, after robbing a restaurant, took Hillside Police Officer Anthony Raymond hostage during a traffic stop. Fletcher and his accomplices then strangled and stabbed Raymond, whose body was discovered a year later in a shallow grave in northern Wisconsin. See a photo of Officer Raymond here, Fletcher told of body —witness. Fletcher was convicted of the kidnap-murder of Officer Raymond after a jury deliberated for four hours on November 27 and was sentenced to 100 to 200 years in prison. See 100-200 years for policeman's killer. Authorities found Raymond's body on August 18, 1973, near a farm where Fletcher's sister had lived in October 1972. During the trial, Fletcher's sister, her then-husband James Ehmann, and other relatives testified against him, describing how Fletcher arrived at the farm on October 2, 1972, with Ehmann stating that Fletcher had confessed to killing Raymond. Silas Fletcher passed away on November 11, 2009 while in jail in Dixon, Illinois.

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Silas Fletcher Sep 5, 1919 - Apr 12, 1995 Ahoskie, North Carolina

Silas Fletcher of Ahoskie, Hertford County, NC was born on September 5, 1919, and died at age 75 years old on April 12, 1995.

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Silas Fletcher Jan 21, 1893 - May 1983 Pine Bluff, Arkansas

Silas Fletcher of Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas was born on January 21, 1893, and died at age 90 years old in May 1983.

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Silas L Fletcher May 18, 1914 - Apr 27, 1995 Chattanooga, Tennessee

Silas L Fletcher of Chattanooga, Hamilton County, TN was born on May 18, 1914, and died at age 80 years old on April 27, 1995.

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Silas Fletcher Jan 23, 1914 - Oct 1986 Nicholasville, Kentucky

Silas Fletcher of Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky was born on January 23, 1914, and died at age 72 years old in October 1986.

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Silas Fletcher Oct 14, 1875 - May 1963 Ohio

Silas Fletcher of Ohio was born on October 14, 1875, and died at age 87 years old in May 1963.

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Silas Fletcher Mar 10, 1943 - Dec 22, 2002

Silas Fletcher was born on March 10, 1943, and died at age 59 years old on December 22, 2002. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Silas Fletcher.

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