Ricky Gray set to be executed for killing Virginia family

Ricky Gray, convicted of killing family of 4, put to death

RICHMOND, Va. More than 11 years after the brutal murders of a well-known Richmond family, some hope the execution of the man convicted of the killings will close a painful chapter of this communitys history.

Ricky Gray is scheduled to be put to death on Jan. 18 for the murders of 9-year-old Stella Harvey and 4-year-old sister, Ruby. The girls and their parents, Bryan and Kathryn Harvey, were found in the basement of their burning home, bound, beaten and stabbed, with their throats cut.

Gray also confessed to participating in the killing of Ashley Baskerville, her mother and stepfather less than a week later, but was never tried in that case.

**FILE** Kathryn and Bryan Harvey May 17, 1996, file photo, at their store in Richmond, Va. Firefighters found the couple and their two children slain Sunday, Jan 1, 2006, while responding to a blaze at their Richmond home.(AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch,Alexa Welch Edlund, File) (ALEXA WELCH/AP) **FILE**This undated photo provided by Harvey family shows Stella Harvey, 9, left, and Ruby Harvey, 4, right, in Richmond, Va. The two children were slain along with their parents in January 2006. Ricky Jovan Gray goes on trial Monday Aug. 14, 2006, for the slayings. (AP Photo/Family Photo via Richmond Times-Dispatch, File) ** NO SALES ** (AP)

Stella Harvey and 4-year-old sister, Ruby (right) were murdered, and their parents, Bryan and Kathryn Harvey, were found in the basement of their burning home, bound, beaten and stabbed, with their throats cut.

Steve Tarrant, who lived across the street from the Harveys, said he believes Grays execution will bring the community some closure.

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