Raynella Leath, an American convicted murderer and former registered nurse, died on April 4, 2026, in Knox County, Tennessee, at the age of 77.
Born Raynella Bernardene Large on October 25, 1948, in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, she was raised in Oak Ridge and graduated from Oak Ridge High School in 1966. She later became a registered nurse and married Knox County District Attorney Ed Dossett in 1970.
Leath was released in 2017 after serving time on a life sentence for the 2003 murder of her husband, David Leath.
Raynella Leath, 77, American convicted murderer.