Clayton man's family confront post office killer at commitment hearingContra Costa TimesBy Malaika Fraley MARTINEZ — Raymond Casso was planning an anniversary party for his wife of 47 years when, on a routine trip to the Clayton post office in March 2009, he was stabbed to death by a paranoid …
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