Raymond's mother, Donna Green, met an African-American woman while she was watching Raymond through the nursery window at Grady Memorial Hospital a few days after his birth. The woman, who called herself Lisa, fell into conversation with Donna and said she was visiting her sister who had just given birth. The next day, on November 6, 1978, Lisa arrived uninvited at Donna's apartment. Donna let her in and then went to take a shower, leaving Lisa sitting on the couch with Raymond and Raymond's uncle. Raymond was asleep at the time and his uncle was drowsing. When Donna emerged from the shower, Lisa and Raymond were gone. Her brother told her Raymond had started crying and Lisa picked him up and took him outside. Neither Lisa nor the baby have ever been seen again. Lisa is described as 5'6 tall, with a medium build. She had a mole on her cheek. She fled with Green in a brown vehicle.

Raymond was the second of Donna's six children, born when she was only fifteen years old. His father is dead, but Donna is still alive and hopes he may be found. She now lives in Jonesboro, Georgia. Raymond's case remains unsolved.