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A community still in shock over the slaying of Surrey teen Serena Vermeersch responded with confusion and outrage Monday, after a high-risk sex offender was charged in connection with the 17-year-old girl’s death. The man charged, Raymond Lee Caissie, 43, was the subject of a B.C. Corrections warning in June 2013, when he was released from prison after serving 22 years for rape, robbery and forcible confinement committed in Abbotsford. Who is Raymond Lee Caissie, and why did he think that he still should have been in jail?

In Raymond Caissie’s own words, he should have been in jail.

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The 43-year-old repeat offender has spent most of his life behind bars. He was only 19 when he sexually assaulted a woman in Abbotsford in 1991, a crime that landed him a 22-year prison term.

“I’m comfortable in jail,” he told one psychiatrist then. “I’m used to it. I know where I stand in here. If that’s what it takes, I shouldn’t be out.”

Caissie was released from prison last year and settled in Surrey. He had been living on the second floor of a commercial building near 135th Street and 106th Avenue in Whalley and seemed to be a “nice guy,” according to one tenant.

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“I heard he was a nice guy. I’ve seen him a few times, that’s it,” said a man at Surrey City Centre Jewellers, who did not want to be identified. “He’s a pretty good resident. He never made any trouble when he was here.”

Caissie, who has used aliases Raymond Colton, Raymond Lee Carlton, and Brett Alen Stevens, has a Facebook profile under the name Raymond Lee Carter. His page is sparse, including two photos of him in sunglasses as well as repostings of anti-police jokes and memes.