Raymond Ronald Lee Childs, III v. State of Indiana

── Raymond Ronald Lee Childs, III v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00838 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 31, 2025 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Kenworthy concur In January of 2021, Childs was seventeen years old and lived on Adams Street in Indianapolis with his father, Raymond Childs, Jr. (“Father”); his stepmother, Kezzie Childs (“Stepmother”); his nineteen-year-old brother, Elijah Childs (“Elijah”), whose nickname was “Savoe”; Elijah’s pregnant girlfriend, Kiara Hawkins (“Kiara”); Childs’ fifteen-year-old brother, X.C.; and Childs’ thirteenyear-old sister, R.C. Tr. v. 6 at 128.