Milwaukee Gay Activist Allegedly Murdered by Lover's Husband

Raymond Baker charged with 1st degree murder

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by Michele McCormack

MILWAUKEE-In court documents just released Friday, 35 year old Raymond Baker is quoted as admitting to shooting gay activist Desiree Harrell because she was sleeping with his wife.

Baker originally came to police two days after Harrell was found shot in her car.

He brought two women with him to back up his alibi, but police say when their stories didn't match they mirandized Baker who then confessed.

He said he saw Harrell drive by a location where he admits to trying to sell drugs.

He is quoted as saying he walked up to her car and she said something that angered him.

He pulled out his 40 caliber glock pistol and opened fire.

Harrell suffered eight gunshot wounds.

Friends and family tells CBS 58's Rielle Creighton that they hope a hate crime enhancer is added to the case.

They also wonder if others might have been involved in setting up Harrell and having her in the area of the defendant in those early morning hours of January 2nd.

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dominique said on Friday, Feb 24 at 4:12 PM

she was my friend so have some respect

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WIS said on Thursday, Jan 12 at 5:55 PM

Someone asked why the Hmong are here. The Hmong people are here because they aided the USA during the Vietnam and Cambodian Wars. They were fighting for the USA!!! We are protecting them and have brought them here because they would be killed if they stayed over there. The Hmong fought on OUR side=--Why do you hate them??

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WIS. said on Thursday, Jan 12 at 5:51 PM

People ask why are the Hmong here? The Homg are in the US because they helped us during the Vietnam and Cambodian wars. They fought for us! We are protecting them and offering them protection because if they stayed over there, they would all be killed--for HELPING the USA. How can people hate them?

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Anonymous said on Wednesday, Jan 11 at 9:40 PM

@barstownian…ok I’ll go back to my trailer and you go back to your funerals. We will see who’s happier and safer.

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barstownian said on Tuesday, Jan 10 at 4:33 PM

Hey anonymous, go back to your trailer. We would be better off without bad white folks like yourself.......uneducated dumb rednecks like who are polluting the gene pool of good white folks.

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truthteller said on Tuesday, Jan 10 at 12:08 AM

It is so sad to see someone's life taken. Let this tragedy serve as the purpose of instilling accountability and respectability in us all. You don't sleep with other people's wives if this was a man you all would be saying he should have known better or he had it coming. Selling death(drugs) to your people is destruction..and it DOES NOT go unnoticed by the MASTER PLANNER! The wages of sin IS DEATH!

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Jeff said on Monday, Jan 9 at 6:05 PM

Gay

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Anonymous said on Monday, Jan 9 at 5:32 PM

Yous are rights shanta, it is a sad world we lives in. It be more better if you, yo types and yo race was not ere

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Shanta said on Monday, Jan 9 at 2:08 PM

This is not the time to worry about someone choice to be gay or whether or not this is a black crime or white crime. Crime has no color and just because an individual chose another lifestyle it does not make them a bad person. Only god can judge you or me. We need to pray for this family and other families who are dealing with death. This truly a sad world we live in today. I pray for understanding and most of all peace for all nations. RIP Dee, we love you and all of your family.

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Kristy said on Monday, Jan 9 at 1:00 PM

To the idiot who says only Blacks are killing gays, you should read about Matthew Shepherd. Jeffrey Dahmer was gay who killed other gays right there in MILWAUKEE!

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Flip said on Monday, Jan 9 at 11:30 AM

barstownian... For your information I have not nor will I comment on this article. Also I do not change my name like a bunch of others on this board.

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Anonymous said on Saturday, Jan 7 at 5:58 PM

@ barstownian…I’m not sure which Anonymous your referring to but I assure you Anonymous said today at 12:56 PM” is not flip or Cazie. Also if a fact rubs you wrong it doesn’t make it racist. Nothing in my post is racist unless you want to make it racist.

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barstownian said on Saturday, Jan 7 at 4:52 PM

I go home to Cali for a little vacation then come back and see this jerky white supremacist is still posting racist comments. And CBS 58 still doesn't have the will or fortitude to stop this person, yet. Like I said before, if this gets out of hand, and CBS 58 grows a pair, the station may turn this forum over to facebook in order to weed out the racists. Too bad that has to happen. And i still believe this anonymous racist is Flip or Casey...is that you?

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Arab Nation and Hmong Nation said on Saturday, Jan 7 at 2:01 PM

CBS 58 don't take control of these comments and do not remove them,because these comments are true,these comments are a fact,these comments are not a conspiracy.This is a message to Be Ashamed,Anonymous,and No name!!!You need to wake up and Put that in your pipe and smoke it and Go to hell!!!

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megan said on Saturday, Jan 7 at 1:59 PM

And why are hmongs here in America ..go back where you came from. Why are white people killing there kids and lying saying blacks did it? Why are white people raping their kids and killing Their own parents. Since u got questions we got questions too!!!

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Anonymous said on Saturday, Jan 7 at 1:56 PM

@ Anonymous said today at 8:12 AM…trust me when I say we don’t need to hear it from you that this poster is writing that garbage just to get a laugh. We are not that ignorant that we need you to tell us. We also don’t need him/her to form our opinion concerning race or the issue of gays. Your comment makes you just as bad as him/her preaching how we should treat “your” kind of people. You want equality but use your difference to make a statement. You comment that “no one” has the right to do that to her, implying she was such a good person. A good person doesn’t sleep with a friends mate. If it had been man sleeping with another mans wife, you would be calling him a cheating pig…..well?

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Be Ashamed said on Saturday, Jan 7 at 12:05 PM

CBS 58 Take control over these comments and remove them. You should most assuredly involve the Lawyers.

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Anonymous said on Saturday, Jan 7 at 9:12 AM

It is very obvious that the really mentally sick individual who posted the racial remarks is the same crash dummy that has been writing the same dumb phase under everyones comment section to enlisted a racial up roar.Using a sad situation to do it. Please pay this hidden coward no mind and continue to pray and write special comments about this woman.No one had the right to do what they did to her , and to no one else for that matter. Keep in mind the coward that is doing the hateful message is the same dumb A-- that is writing this on every page just to get a silly response going so that he can laugh about it and cause racial tention amongst the races he claim wrote this coward garbage. Milwaukee was dirty when we got here, and who do you think stole the land from what race of people ? Dee RIP. Prayers for her family and friends.

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khadijahanwar said on Saturday, Jan 7 at 5:59 AM

We have become a race of infidels and riff raff and the self hatred is CANCER overtaking our whole beings

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Anonymous said on Saturday, Jan 7 at 1:03 AM

just god doing his job

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just hate fools said on Saturday, Jan 7 at 12:51 AM

Now,I know these stupid fools are not on here stating that they have never heard of any other race killing someone for being gay. You guys sound so dam DUMB!!!!!!

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no name said on Saturday, Jan 7 at 12:28 AM

Are you idiots. Whites and other races in Milwaukee and the USA, have,do and will....Murder gays and other races. Do you live under a rock? do and

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Sho and Ki Hyoshi Hmong Nation said on Friday, Jan 6 at 10:58 PM

Why are Black People so dirty?Our people,Whites and other races don't murder and kill gay people in the City of Milwaukee and the United States.

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Muhammad,Abdullah and Habib Bashir Arab Nation said on Friday, Jan 6 at 10:53 PM

Why are Black People so dirty?You don't see Whites and other races murder and kill gay people in Milwaukee and in the US.

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