Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman Anthony Raymond was murdered after being abducted during a traffic stop on the westbound entrance ramp to the Eisenhower Expressway, at Mannheim Road, at 10:15 pm. Patrolman Raymond was unaware the three occupants in the suspicious vehicle he stopped had just committed an armed robbery of $5,000 from the Swedish Manor Restaurant minutes before. The suspects abducted the officer, taking him to one of their homes, where he was strangled with a guitar string. He was then stabbed four times in the back, which proved to be fatal. The suspects placed his body in a 55-gallon drum which was transported to a farm owned by the sister of the same suspect near Rhinelander, Wisconsin. Patrolman Raymond's body was then buried in a shallow grave and not found until nearly 11 months later. In February of 1974, a 38-year-old man arrested for robbery in Muncie, Indiana, was identified as one suspect. On June 13, 1974, the other 40-year-old suspect was arrested in Las Vegas, Nevada. The third suspect was killed during an attempted robbery in Indiana in 1973. On September 30, 1974, the body of an ex-convict, turned informant, who gave police the information they needed to make the arrest, was found in a soybean field near Dwight. He had been shot in the head, execution style. Before his death, he gave the police information about an 18-year-old girl who went missing about the same time Patrolman Raymond did. Her body was found buried a few yards from where Patrolman Raymond was found. The informant said the same two suspects had killed her. Two suspects were convicted of conspiracy, aggravated kidnapping, and murder. The offender who committed the strangling and stabbing was sentenced to three concurrent terms of 100 to 200 years. He died in prison while serving his sentence. The other offender was sentenced to four concurrent terms of 75 to 150 years in prison. Patrolman Raymond had served with the Hillside Police Department for two years and had previously served with the B
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Raymond gave the Hillside Police Department 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Hillside community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Raymond.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Patrolman Anthony Charles Raymond is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In IL, 842 of 1,318 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 63.9% of this state's fallen. That is 9.7 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Anthony Charles Raymond's cause is highlighted.
How Anthony Charles Raymond Compares
Offender Outcome
Sentenced to 100 to 200 years
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Anthony Charles Raymond is highlighted in Oct.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Anthony Charles Raymond was killed by edged weapon; knife.