For twenty-four
years, Ray Martinez served as a police
officer in Fort Collins,
Colorado, working everything
from minor crimes to hard-to-solve
homicides. But all that time, a personal mystery nagged at him. Ray was
adopted, and he desperately wanted to find his biological mother. Ray
delved into his search in April 2005, soon after retiring and leaving
the mayor's office. He was hopeful but not overconfident since his past
searches had always ended in failure. This time, he put the
investigative skills he acquired as a
police officer to full use. By
searching through public records, visiting Web sites to study ancestry,
and traveling through small towns in Colorado, Ray gathered clues with
dogged persistence. In the process, he met new people, developed
lasting relationships, and gained a fresh perspective on life. But by
far, the most significant outcome was finding his mother, four sisters,
and brother-the family he had been without for fifty-four years. Baby Boy-R
is a heartwarming story of a son who refuses to give up trying to
discover where he came from and the courageous mother who welcomes back
the boy she thought died at birth. This is a story about a mother who
loves her son in spite of being violated against her will - an act of
violence.