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But just moments later, Raymond said he felt a sudden jolt, almost like they'd gotten rear-ended by another vehicle.

But then his thoughts quickly changed when he saw blood dripping down Juan's neck and soaking into his shirt.

Annie said Raymond then lost consciousness, but quickly came to a moment later and looked over and saw Juan turning toward the backseat to holler at someone, quote, Why did you shoot them?

End quote.

Based on everything I gathered, Raymond's memory of the events was somewhat hazy because he was going in and out of consciousness at the time, but police believed the stranger in the back seat had displayed a .22 caliber handgun before the shooting.

Based on Raymond's pieced together recollection, authorities felt confident that the order of the shooting was that he'd been hit first, then Eric and Mark, and finally Juan.

Though I did see some later coverage that had the order of victims as Raymond and then Juan and then the boys.

all in fairly quick succession.

After being shot, Raymond said he'd passed out again, and the next thing he remembered was waking up laying on the grass outside of the station wagon with paramedics hovering over him.

When police detectives asked Raymond if he recognized the shooter who'd attacked him in the Dumois, he stated he'd never seen the man before in his life.

Thankfully, though, Raymond was able to remember his facial features, which allowed authorities to develop a composite sketch.

And as soon as that image was completed, they pushed it out to the public.

I'll be honest, the image itself isn't the most detailed sketch I've ever seen, but there are some aspects of it that stand out.

For example, the shape of the guy's hair, his slender face, the shape of his mouth, and so forth.

I've included a picture of the sketch in the blog post for this episode, so you guys let me know what you think.

From the start, Raymond and the surviving members of the Dumois family couldn't think of anyone who'd want to harm them.

Juan was a Cuban immigrant and well-liked pediatrician in Tampa, and Raymond was a longtime bell captain at the Key Biscayne Hotel in Miami.

Neither man had any prior arrests or criminal history.

And Robert Matsky, it appeared, had simply been in the wrong place at the wrong time, trying to be a good citizen.

A day or so into the investigation, the Holmes Beach Police Department began to take some flack for allegedly not acting quickly enough and issuing an all-points bulletin for the suspect.