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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 (NYPD)] detective, best known for his controversial involvement in the hunt for [[the Mad Batter]] serial killer. <spoiler>On March 1, 2016, during the course of | <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. | ||
<spoiler>On March 1, 2016, during the course of the Mad Batter 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.</spoiler> | |||
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. | 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. | ||
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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 partnered with several other detectives on different cases, but usually [[Patrick McMurphy]]. 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." | 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 partnered with several other detectives on different cases, but usually [[Patrick McMurphy]]. 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. <spoiler> | 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. | ||
<spoiler>The re-opened Mad Batter investigation 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.</spoiler> | |||
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