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<blockquote>''"Grayson Gaynes" redirects here.''</blockquote>'''Grayson Alan "Gray" Gaynes''' (born June 14, 1987) is an American retired [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Police_Department New York City Police Department] detective, best known for his controversial involvement in the hunt for [[the Mad Batter]] serial killer. On March 1, 2016, during that investigation, Gaynes was recorded beating a handcuffed suspect on livestream video. The footage went viral, with millions of views by the end of that week. | <blockquote>''"Grayson Gaynes" redirects here.''</blockquote>'''Grayson Alan "Gray" Gaynes''' (born June 14, 1987) is an American retired [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Police_Department New York City Police Department (NYPD)] detective, best known for his controversial involvement in the hunt for [[the Mad Batter]] serial killer. On March 1, 2016, during that investigation, Gaynes was recorded beating a handcuffed suspect on livestream video. The footage went viral, with millions of views by the end of that week. | ||
Despite his dubious public image, Gaynes has been described as highly intelligent and analytical, an "outside the box" thinker with a commitment to finding the truth, no matter how long it takes. Among his coworkers in the NYPD [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Police_Department_Detective_Bureau Detective Bureau], he had a reputation for liking "strange" cases, homicides with an element of the paranormal. | |||
== Early life == | == Early life == | ||
Little is publicly known of Gaynes' childhood. He was born and raised in New York City, most likely spending the majority of his time in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan Manhattan] borough. Even less is known of his mother, who was deceased by 2007. Gaynes' father, "Old" Gray Gaynes, was later convicted of various white collar crimes and sentenced to 10 years in prison, of which he served 7. | |||
Gaynes graduated high school in 2004 (having skipped a grade) and undergraduate university in December 2007. He earned a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts Bachelor of Arts degree] in English Literature. | |||
Gaynes married [[Rose Moynihan]] on April 5, 2014. | |||
In 2015, Gaynes was attacked in Central Park and later hospitalized as a result of injuries sustained. His wife did not survive the attack. | |||
== Career == | == Career == | ||
On July 2, 2008, Gaynes joined the New York City Police Department (NYPD) as a probationary patrolman. During this supervised period of his career, he cooperated with federal authorities in a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sting_operation "sting"] against his father, playing an instrumental role in the elder Gray Gaynes' arrest. This proved to be a career-making move, resulting in a "glowing recommendation" from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation FBI] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_agent special agent] Jackson Pinder that paved the way for Gaynes' rapid advancement within the NYPD. Performance reviews from that time described Gaynes as "keen[-minded] and analytical... capable of decisive action, and cool under pressure." | |||
Gaynes joined the homicide squad of the NYPD Detective Bureau in June 2013 upon his promotion to detective third grade (the initial, lowest detective rank). He quickly developed a reputation for methodical investigation ("''overly''-methodical," according to some fellow detectives). In January 2015, Gaynes was assigned for the first time to [[the Mad Batter]] investigation, the biggest case of his career, when he received an anonymous tip regarding the location of Ann-Marie Toscani's body (one of the Mad Batter's victims). The tipster had asked for Gaynes by name. That investigation stalled months later, in April, when Gaynes' chief suspect "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alibi alibied] out." Soon thereafter, Gaynes himself went on medical leave following the Central Park attack, which detectives at the time ruled unrelated, a "mugging gone wrong." | |||
After returning from leave, Gaynes worked a number of cases of an unusual nature, developing a further reputation for "liking the strange ones." He was assigned once more to the Mad Batter case after the February 24, 2016 murder of Alyssa Lori, who the press immediately reported as a possible Mad Batter victim. This proved to be Gaynes' final case as an NYPD detective. Despite some community backlash (due to the widely-publicized beating, as well as other erratic behavior), Gaynes was allowed to retire from the NYPD and receives full pension benefits. | |||
=== Notable Cases === | |||
* The Mad Batter | |||
* The Barton Chan elevator slaying | |||
* The so-called Hellhound Homicide | |||
* Oswald Parker's "spontaneous combustion" | |||
* The apparent murder-by-AI of Alan Null, founding partner of Taurus Torus | |||
== Medical conditions == | == Medical conditions == | ||
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== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
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Graynes Gaynes' NYPD murder investigations are retold in the first six books of the series bearing his name ( | Graynes Gaynes' NYPD murder investigations are retold in the first six books of the series bearing his name ([[Gray Gaynes series|The Files of Gray Gaynes]]). | ||
As with many story ideas, the Gray books began as a single short narrative (some of the details actually adapted from a strange dream the author had). Naming the character "Gray" was, of course, intentionally on the nose. As Gray's tale quickly developed into a longer series, author R.L. Akers faced the unexpected question of whether Gray himself should ever acknowledge the aptness of his own name. This might be just a little ''too'' meta, however. | As with many story ideas, the Gray books began as a single short narrative (some of the details actually adapted from a strange dream the author had). Naming the character "Gray" was, of course, intentionally on the nose. As Gray's tale quickly developed into a longer series, author [[R.L. Akers]] faced the unexpected question of whether Gray himself should ever acknowledge the aptness of his own name. This might be just a little ''too'' meta, however. | ||
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