We are learning more about a double murder-suicide that stunned a Southeastern Kentucky community on Tuesday.
Police said a former Knox County Judge Executive, Raymond Curtis Smith, had been in a relationship with 21-year-old Robin Smith. Police said the relationship ended last month.
Currently investigators are looking into whether that’s why he went to her Bell County home Tuesday, shot her, killed her father Michael, and brother Mychael Dustin; then shot and killed himself at a cemetery in Flat Lick.
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Raymond’s family told LEX 18 News that they wish they could turn back time so none of this ever happened, but now that it has, they are mourning all the lives lost.
“This was completely out of the blue, completely unexpected,” said Raymond’s brother. For the family of Raymond Curtis Smith, the magnitude of this tragedy still hasn’t sunk in.
“At first I thought that everybody was lying, the Raymond Curtis that I know, it’s hard to believe that he could do that,” said Raymond’s brother.
He said the Raymond he knew was kind, giving, and fun. Not the raymond who did this. “I can’t fathom it because he’s my big brother, and I can’t imagine that happening,” said Raymond’s brother.
Police said Raymond went to the Pineville home and opened fire. He wounded his former girlfriend, Robin Smith, and killed her father and brother. Investigators said he then went to a family cemetery in Knox County, and shot and killed himself.
Now Raymond’s family has no idea what he was thinking. “I don’t think we will ever really know what was going on in his mind,” said Raymond’s brother. Sadly two families will never be the same since this horrific tragedy. “Nothing good has come out of this, both sides have lost, both sides are suffering and both sides are in pain,” said Raymond’s brother.
Raymond’s family hopes a message from their hearts will comfort the other Smith family.
“Our sincerest condolences go out to them and hope that they will make it through this trying time the best way they possibly can… I just hope some kind of peace or something will eventually come to everybody,” said Raymond’s brother.
Friends of Robin said she is no longer in critical condition, but still has a long road ahead. The University of Tennessee Medical Center would not provide any information on Robin’s condition.
