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Case Description
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In the winter of 2016, the life of 27-year-old Rayshand Lee Cotton was tragically cut short in Capitol Heights, Maryland. On the morning of Monday, December 19th, a passerby made a grim discovery at the Brooks Road Recreation Center, finding Cotton's body bearing severe burns. Authorities were quickly alerted, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

An autopsy would later reveal that the burns were not the cause of his death; Rayshand Cotton had been fatally shot. The investigation into ...Read More
Victim Details

Rayshand Lee Cotton

Male

Capitol-heights

MD

2016-12-19

27

Rayshand

Cotton

01/22/2026