Ray Sanchez - Senior Reporter, National Hub
Ray Sanchez
Senior Reporter, National Hub
Ray Sanchez is a Senior Reporter based in New York, where he covers breaking news stories and generates in-depth features on national topics from crime and justice to immigration.
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How a tank rupture disrupted life in a tight-knit Washington town that has lived with pulp mills for generationsMay 29, 2026The talk in Longview – an industrial and shipping hub along the Columbia River in southwestern Washington – centered on the search for nine people presumed dead. -
After 250 years, Revolutionary War-era soldiers finally laid to rest in upstate New YorkMay 25, 2026For more than 40 Revolutionary War-era soldiers, the long journey to their final resting place fittingly ended on Memorial Day weekend in the idyllic southeastern foothills of the Adirondack Mountains. -
Mother who drowned her 3 young children at Coney Island sentenced to 20 years to life in prisonMay 20, 2026A New York woman was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years to life in prison for drowning her three young children in the ocean and leaving their wet, sand-covered bodies along the shoreline near their home in Coney Island. -
Why double jeopardy doesn’t apply after court overturns Alex Murdaugh’s murder convictionsMay 15, 2026Disgraced former South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh’s undoing was sealed with his double murder conviction for murdering his wife and son after a sensational six-week trial three years ago. Now the case will be retried. -
In the Kristin Smart case, key questions remain after 3 decadesMay 10, 2026The investigation into the 1996 disappearance of Kristin Smart has been characterized by decades of critical questions, starting with the whereabouts of her remains. -
Body bag bought online was part of d4vd’s scheme to kill 14-year-old to hide his sexual abuse, prosecutors sayApr 30, 2026Prosecutors have laid out a detailed and grisly timeline in their case against singer d4vd, who is accused of sexually abusing Celeste Rivas Hernandez starting when she was 13, then fatally stabbing her when she – at 14 years old – threatened to expose their relationship. -
What we know about the 14-year-old girl singer d4vd is accused of killingApr 30, 2026What we know about Celeste Rivas Hernandez, 14, whom alt-pop singer d4vd is accused of sexually abusing and killing before her remains were found in his Tesla. -
2 University of South Florida doctoral students were promising young researchers. Now a roommate is charged in their killingApr 27, 2026The loss of University of South Florida doctoral students Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy is being felt far from the Tampa Bay area. -
She was once considered one of Detroit’s toughest homicide interrogators. Now she’s accused of coercing false confessionsApr 26, 2026A former Detroit cop is at the center of at least six murder convictions that have been overturned or vacated after accusations of coercing and falsifying statements -
3 people stabbed and suspect fatally shot by officer on subway platform at Grand Central, police sayApr 11, 2026A machete-wielding suspect who called himself “Lucifer” stabbed three people on a subway platform at Midtown Manhattan’s Grand Central Terminal on Saturday before officers fatally shot him, according to the New York Police Department. -
After their synagogue is attacked, a tight-knit Jewish community vows to keep coming togetherMar 14, 2026A Torah scroll removed from Temple Israel outside Detroit – where a driver rammed an explosives-laden truck and opened fire – was lifted up at Friday’s Shabbat service across the street in a makeshift sanctuary for one of the nation’s largest Reform houses of worship. -
Georgia school shooter’s father asked daughter to ‘cover for him,’ teen testifiesFeb 24, 2026The day of his teenage son’s deadly rampage at a Georgia high school, Colin Gray asked his daughter to “cover for him” if investigators questioned her about what he knew leading up to the shooting, the girl testified Tuesday at her father’s murder trial. -
Friends buried by an avalanche: The harrowing story of loss and a fight for survivalFeb 22, 2026The President’s Day weekend excursion, including a group of moms, wives and close friends who shared a passion for skiing the untracked powder of the hushed, untamed wilderness of California’s Sierra Nevada, proceeded despite the warnings. -
Families in hiding and defiant observers: This is Minneapolis in the wake of the so-called ICE ‘drawdown’Feb 8, 2026Even with the so-called “drawdown,” many Minneapolis area activists say little has changed since hundreds of agents left and they’re preparing for prolonged resistance. The anxiety remains palpable after two fatal shootings of US Citizens by federal agents in January. -
Chicago mayor signs executive order calling on police to investigate federal immigration agents accused of misconductJan 31, 2026Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Saturday signed an executive order directing city police to investigate and document alleged misconduct by federal immigration officers with an eye toward prosecution. -
They were asylum seekers and refugees in Minnesota. Still, ICE detained and flew them to Texas to face deportationJan 30, 2026Dozens of asylum seekers, as well as refugees who passed a rigorous, years-long vetting process before being admitted to the United States, have been arrested in Minnesota in recent weeks, immigration lawyers and advocates say.
About
Ray Sanchez is a Senior Reporter for CNN’s National Hub in New York, where for more than a decade he has covered breaking news and generated in-depth human stories chronicling tales of injustice and the struggles of life in America – including the migrant crisis, police brutality, mass shootings and the devastation caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Before joining CNN in 2013, Sanchez was a correspondent based in Cuba and Mexico City, as well as a columnist and sportswriter. He has been an award-winning reporter for various newspapers, including New York Newsday and the Baltimore Evening Sun.
Sanchez is co-author of “The Duke of Havana,” a nonfiction book about a fallen hero of the Cuban revolution. He was born in Manati, Puerto Rico, raised in the Bronx, New York, and graduated from New York University.
