Straffo, Rayleen “Ray”
Appeared in Innocent in Death (February 9-15, 2060) and mentioned in Apprentice in Death (late January, 2061) and Golden in Death (April 28-May 2, 2061)[1]
Personal Information[]
- Description: Bright kid; smart, perceptive, pissy[2]
- Age: 10
- Hair: Blonde
- Eyes: Violet
- Occupation: Student at Sarah Child Academy
- Relationships: Allika Straffo (mother); Oliver Straffo (father); Trevor Straffo (brother/deceased)
Description[]
- A cascade of curls held back from her face with a violet band. Dewy skin with a slightly tipped-up nose; the mouth, rosy and bottom heavy[3]
Homicide Information[]
- Trevor (Trev) Straffo[4]
- Craig Foster[5]
- Reed Williams[6]
- Mrs. Adele Versy, a sick old lady at the Kinley House (nursing home)[7]
Interesting Facts[]
- Was with Melodie Branch when they found Craig Foster’s body; they had stopped in to talk about a Bill of Rights project they were both working on[8]
- Put sleeping pills in her mother’s tea to kill her[9]
- Got the ricin from Allika’s aunt, Quella Harmon, in Taos, New Mexico during a family trip the previous Thanksgiving; Harmon used it for leatherwork[10]
- Got the poison for the Williams murder from the elderly home where she volunteered with an organization called From the Kids[11]
- Rayleen was the top in her class and wore a gold star on her lapel[12]; she was class leader in History, Literature, and in Computer Sciences[13]
- Belonged to Brain Teasers, which met every Saturday at 9 a.m., but was considering quitting because she was the smartest person there.[14]
- She liked to dance[15]
- Gave Melodie her diary to keep safe during the search, but Peabody found it in the kitchen recycler after she took it back from Melodie after the search[16]
- In Apprentice in Death, Eve told Willow Mackie she could touch base with Rayleen Straffo in Penal Station Omega, that she was ten when Eve closed the cage door on her.[17]
References[]
- ↑ Golden in Death, Chapter 10
- ↑ Innocent in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15401-0), p. 281
- ↑ Innocent in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15401-0), p. 14
- ↑ Innocent in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15401-0), pp. 373, 379
- ↑ Innocent in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15401-0), pp. 2, 372, 376
- ↑ Innocent in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15401-0), pp. 372, 377
- ↑ Innocent in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15401-0), pp. 372-373
- ↑ Innocent in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15401-0), pp. 9, 15-16
- ↑ Innocent in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15401-0), pp. 329, 366, 375
- ↑ Innocent in Death, Chapter 18
- ↑ Innocent in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15401-0), pp. 302, 378
- ↑ Innocent in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15401-0), p. 80
- ↑ Innocent in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15401-0), p. 132
- ↑ Innocent in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15401-0), pp. 302
- ↑ Innocent in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15401-0), p. 274
- ↑ Innocent in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15401-0), p. 348
- ↑ Apprentice in Death, Chapter 20