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Raymond Guay
Sixty-one year old Raymond Guay is a convicted child killer. In 1973, he assaulted and killed 12-year old He served thirty-five years in prison before being released in 2008. But Guay also claims to have become a Christian while in prison.
After his release, he first settled down in Los Angeles, but then moved to New Hampshire in the hope of living near his brother in Washington, NH. When his brother refused to have him living with him, Guay moved to Manchester hoping to find work. In September, 2008, he was relocated outside of New Hampshire after Governor John Lynch and Manchester Mayor Frank Guinta protested to the U.S. Probation Service.
Subsequently, a federal judge in California ordered that he serve his three-year probation in New Hampshire. Guay then returned to New Hampshire but finding housing proved more than difficult.
In March, Pastor David Pinckney of River of Grace Church in Concord invited Guay to stay in his Chichester home. This provoked the Chichester town council to protest his presence. Pastor Pinckney took considerable criticism for his decision but defended his decision as the Christian thing to do.
Sometime during May, Guay was relocated to New Hampton where he lives with Bob and Judy Ulrich. The Ulrich family are also Christians who once ran a Christian campground. Once again, however, the town council is holding hearings to decide whether he can remain in the town. They have extended an invitation to the Ulrich's to speak at the hearings, but the Ulrich family responded with an invitation to visit Guay in their home. On August 6, the councilmen said any such visit would be a violation of the state's Right-to-know law.
Just over one year into his probation, Guay has been relocated at least five times. Although the protests of his presence seem to have died down, there are still many who are uncomfortable with his presence in New Hampshire.
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