Ray, who had called Maggie his rose, was left devastated. MAUREEN MAHER | CBS NEWS REPORT: a barge slammed into a bridge along interstate 40, plunging nearly a dozen vehicles 75 feet into the water … Among the dead, horse trainer Maggie Green. She was on her way home from a barrel race with her horses. … We were … a close-knit family.īut that all ended in May 2002 when Maggie was killed in a bridge collapse in Oklahoma. They'd known each other since my mom was 6 and he was 11. Tracey says her parents, Ray and Maggie, had a loving relationship. Ray trapped it himself and put it in the barn. … They set up traps and this gator was so big it would break the traps. Very strong.īob Stevens, another friend of Ray's, remembers a time when Ray captured a 12-foot alligator with his own two hands.īob Stevens: We contacted Animal Control. We had, like, 70-something horses.įriends like Dave Warr remember Ray as a real straight shooter.ĭave Warr: When you shook his hand, you knew you were shaking a man's hand. Peter Van Sant: Had he developed a successful business? Ray was a renowned horse breeder and trainer. Tracey Abbott: He always wore his cowboy hat and boots - never went anywhere without them.
But it was the simple country life where he felt most at home. Ray began his career riding bulls and bareback broncos. It didn't make sense to friends and family that Ray Green could have been killed by the family dog - they knew him as a Texas cowboy who had a way with animals.
Tracey remembers her father's special way with all kinds of animals growing up on their 200-acre San Antonio ranch. Tracey Abbott: Animals like him … How can a dog kill him? Tracey Abbott is Ray's daughter with his first wife, Maggie. Tracey Abbott: My grandmother had called me at work and told me that Danielle had said that the dog killed him. So, authorities set off to get a search warrant. And his phone came back to that piece of property.Īnd there was a padlocked toolbox sitting on the property. … The officers were suspicious that something was up. Prosecutor Aaron Negangard says Dani then gave an entirely different story, saying Ray, who sometimes worked as a truck driver, was out on the road.Īaron Negangard: The problem with that, there was a big truck in the property. Police drove out to check, but when they arrived, neither Ray nor Jazzy could be seen, and they say Dani seemed to be just going about her day.Īaron Negangard: She's interested in feeding her horses and just engaged in conversation … like nothing else is going on. Ray and Dani Green with their German Shepherd, Jazzy.ĭani had called other family and friends too, saying it was Jazzy – the couple's own pet – who had attacked Ray. The sheriff's office had received a call from Ray's 84-year-old mother, Betty.īETTY GREEN : I need to … get some information on my son.īETTY GREEN: My daughter-in-law called this morning and said he was killed yesterday by a German Shepherd dog, the dog jumped up and grabbed his throat. On May 28, 2014, police were called to a remote piece of property in Dillsboro, Indiana – the home of Dani and Ray Green.
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