Stabbing killed Hillside cop

THE BODY of Hillside Patrolman Anthony Raymond has been positively identified thru fingerprint charts and the cause of death attributed to multiple stab wounds, Wisconsin Atty. Gen. Robert W. Warren said yesterday.

Raymond's body was unearthed last Saturday from a shallow grave on a deserted farm near Rhinelander, Wis., after dozens of investigators combed the 128-acre tract following an informant's tip.

Raymond had been missing since last Oct. 1 when he stopped a car police believe contained several members of a gang which had just robbed a Hillside restaurant.
Warren's statement was made after a long and meticulous autopsy which began Sunday.

RAYMOND, 24, was last heard from on the night of Oct. 1, 1972, when he stopped a suspicious looking car on the westbound ramp of the Eisenhower Expressway at Mannheim Road.

"I don't like the way this looks," Raymond had radioed just before getting out of his car.
Just 2½ minutes later another Hillside patrol car arrived at the scene to assist Ray-mond. All the second car found, however, was Raymonds' patrol car, its lights flashing and doors open.

Police have theorized that his assailants drove Raymond to Wisconsin where they murdered him and then buried his body, which was discovered Saturday.

The farm on which Raymond's body was found was owned by relatives of Silas C. Fletcher, 38, of 6899 Orchard Lane, Hanover Park, who police consider a prime suspect in Raymond's abduction.

"THEY [the Raymond family] are taking it real hard-they've been hoping and praying that he would be found alive," a neighbor said.

Raymond's body will be returned to Hillside today and services will be held at 1 p. m. Thursday in the chapel at Mannheim and Roosevelt Roads, Hillside. Visitation will be from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. tomorrow.

By Ronald Yates: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) Tue, Aug 21, 1973 ·Page 37