Lifelong friends remember Ray Larson

People all over Fayette County continue to mourn the loss of former Commonwealth's Attorney Ray Larson.

FAYETTE COUNTYCONTINUE TOMOURN THE LOSS OFFORMERCOMMONWEALTH'SATTORNEY RAYLARSON.FROM GOVERNMENTOFFICIALS TOVICTIMS ANDFAMILIES HE HELPED,THE TRIBUTES HAVEBEEN POURING IN.TONIGHT- EVENINGEDITION'SCHRISTIANA FORDSAT DOWN WITHTWO OF HISCLOSEST FRIENDS.SHE HAS A LOOK ATTHEIR RELATIONSHIPAND THE BOND THEYCAN'T BELIEVE HASCOME TO AN END."SO MANY PEOPLEACROSS THE CITYOF LEXINGTON AREFEELING THEIMPACT OF THELOSS OF RAYLARSON BUT JACKPATTIE AND DONTURPIN ARE GIVINGUS A LOOK INTO ADEEPER PERSONALCONNECTION THATLASTED MORETHAN 30 YEARS"THREE FRIENDS---HE SAID, I WANT TOBE A PART OF THESHOW.

AND I SAID,WELL, OKAYHE CAME TO ALL OFOUR PAROLEHEARINGS, ALL OFOUR APPEALS,I'DGO TO HIS OFFICEREGULARLY ANDJUST SIT DOWNAND TALK.A PROMINENT RADIOHOST, THE FATHEROF A 22-YEAR OLDMURDER VICTIM, ANDFAYETTE COUNTYCOMMONWEALTH'SATTORNEY--MOLDING THE MOSTUNEXPECTEDLIFETIME OFFRIENDSHIP.FOR SOME REASONWE JUST INSTANTLYCLICKED.HE AND I STARTEDDOING THE SHOWON FRIDAYS,CALLED FORENSICFRIDAY, PART OFMY SHOW FROMNINE TO 10, ONFRIDAY MORNING.SO WE DID ABOUT15 YEARS.JA PCKATTIE ANDDON TURPIN HAD AMORE THAN THIRTYYEAR FRIENDSHIPWITH RAY LARSON.HE AND JACKPATTIE, YOU KNOW,JUST THREE OF USREALLY, REALLYCLICKEDTOGETHER.THE LOSS OFSOMEONE SO DEARTO THEM HAS BEENBEEN TOUGH TOPROCESS.BECAUSE NOT ONLYDID THEY KNOW M HIAS THE GREATPROSECUTOR-- BUTALSO THE GREATFRIEND.HE DIDN'T MIND USSAYING IT THE WAYIT WAS.

THAT'SWHAT'S SO GREATABOUT HIM, HEDIDN'T PULL ANYPUNCHESI THINK EVERYBODYIN THIS COMMUNITYTHOUGHT THAT RAYLARSON WAS AHARD NOSE.DISTRICTATTORNEY WHICHHE WAS IT DIDN'TTAKE ANY GAFF.BUT THE RAYLARSON I KNEWWAS STJUHILARIOUS.

ANDTHERE WAS ATHERE'S A PA ORTFHIM THAT I WISHEVERYBODY COULDHAVE KNOWN.MANY IN THECOMMUNITY WILLMISS LARSON FORHIS RENTLESSPURSUIT OFFAIRNESS FORCRIME VICTIMSINCLUDI TNGURPIN,WHOSE SON,MICHAEL WASMURDERED IN 1986.IT WAS A HIGH-PROFILE CASE,ORCHESTRATED BYMICHAEL'S THEN-WIFE ELIZABETH,AND CARRIED OUTBY TWO OF HERCO-WORKERS... ANDPROSECUTED BYLARSON.HE FOUGHT SOHARD FOR, FOR USAND ALL CRIMEVICTIMS WITH HIS.HE WASRELENTLESS IN HISPURSUIT TO MAKESURE THAT VICTIMSHAD THEIR FAIRSHARE.THESE FRIENDS WILLALSO MISS A PIECEOFTHEMSELVES--THEIRBEST FRIEND RAY.HE WAS JUST ASCLOSE AS ANYFRIEND THAT I EVERHAD.PERSONALLY I'LLJUST MISSES HISCHARISMA.

AND HISGREAT SENSE OFHUMOR.

AND HISDAN HIS LOVE.

HELOVED HIS FAMILY.HE LOVED HISPEOPLE WHOWORKED FOR HIM.AND HE LOVED THISCOUNTRY.CHRISTIANA FORD,EVENING EDITION.