MURDERER: CLARENCE RAY ALLEN The Witnesses Must Die Ray was a family man for nearly 30 years. But once divorced and single, became the man he truly wanted to be. A criminal! Ray went a spree of armed robberies. With no conscience and no regard for others, he took four lives.

PODCAST EXCERPT Clarence Ray Allen was born in 1930. By age 11 Ray was picking cotton and by the 8 th grade headed to California. At 17 Ray was married with two boys and became a deacon at the church. At 25 he was working at an olive warehouse when he fellow employees stole three-thousand cases of olives. Ray was charged, convicted and sent to jail for a year. Now divorced, he and his sons lived in Fresno. He worked days at a steel plant and nights as a security guard. At 38 Ray started his own security business that grew to 60 employees. He was successful, owned a plane and show horses. But then at 44 something in Ray changed! Now that he was alone he was free to be what he wanted. A criminal! Ray recruited Mary and his son to rob Fran’s Market. But what Ray didn’t count on was that Mary had a conscience.