Arrested in 1989 at age 24, he was sentenced to life in prison for his crimes, later receiving an additional 30 years for continuing illegal activities from within prison.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed Rayful Edmond III died suddenly Tuesday evening at a halfway house in Florida.
Rayful Edmond III, whose name was synonymous with D.C.’s crack trade, hoped to mentor young Washingtonians upon his release ...
Rayful Edmond III, notorious for fueling Washington D.C.'s crack cocaine epidemic, dies at 60. His influence and legacy ...
Edmond died last week at the age of 60. He was on the verge of working his way free from a life sentence with no parole for dealing thousands of pounds of cocaine a month as the kingpin of D.C.’s ...
Rayful Edmond III, former Washington D.C. drug kingpin in the 1980s, has passed away while living at a halfway house in ...
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Decades after he fueled the crack epidemic in Washington, D.C., notorious former drug kingpin Rayful Edmond III died Tuesday ...
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