POLICE have found chilling evidence linked to a man who went missing in 2018 after he was involved in a car crash that almost lead to his victims death, and investigators say it was strictly revenge.

Raymond Wright, 55, of Sacramento, California went missing on January 11, 2018.

Ray’s family became worried when he went two days without answering any of his texts or phone calls.

“I called, and I called, and I called, straight to voicemail every time,” Ray Wright’s daughter Haley Kendall told Natalie Morales of CBS News.

“It was really scary,” Ray’s other daughter, Kennedy Wright added.

His brother, Dean Wright said that he repeatedly checked in on his brother’s workshop where he worked as a master carpenter.

On Saturday, January 13, 2018, Dean went to check on his brother but noticed nothing was out of place, accept for his brother’s missing truck.

After checking on his brother’s workshop, he made his way to his brothers house where he noticed that the house smelled like marijuana.

“That’s when I knew – this is completely wrong because he didn’t like that – And I’m getting increasingly tense about it.

“So, as I walked forward – I saw a cup on the countertop. And that had not been there. And it had condensation on it – I took another step-and-a-half,” Dean said.

While Dean was wandering around his brother’s home, trying to figure out what was going on, the garage door swung open where he saw a man standing in the doorway.

“(He) yelled at me, ‘Get out of here’ And I said, ‘Who are you?’ ‘Where’s Ray?'” Dean recalled.

The man immediately escaped out the back door of the garage, prompting Dean to call 911 where he filed a missing person’s report.

Police began investigating what happened to Ray while Dean recalled a key clue that would ultimately lead authorities to a break in the case.

He showed them the soda cup that he came across while searching for his brother. they kept it for evidence that later came in handy.

16 days after Ray went missing, a police officer came across a white van that had an expired registration, except current registration stickers were stuck onto the license plate.

When police attempted to pull the driver over, it lead to a high speed chase before the driver slammed into another vehicle.

Police identified the man as Victor Gray and arrested him for felony evasion and DUI.

After searching DMV records, police found that the registration on Gray’s van belonged to Ray Wright’s truck that police discovered 10 days after he went missing.

Police previously found Ray’s truck in a nearby apartment complex without any license plates attached to it.

They also found brown stains on the carpet in the back of his truck that police confirmed were remnants of his blood.

In April 2018, investigators matched Gray’s DNA to the DNA attached to the soda cup that was found in Ray’s home.

Investigators also found a hat in the white van that Gray was driving that read: “Ray Wright Design.”

They also discovered a bloody rain jacket, Ray’s destroyed cellphone, his driver’s license, and a pair of broken glasses.

Among what investigators found in the van was also Gray’s cellphone where they found photos of a handwritten letter addressed to a man named Bob.

“I’m done waiting and need a fat package today,” read the letter.

Prosecutors were made to believe that Gray was demanding money from Bob for delivering Ray to him.

Prosecutors say Gray wrote how he “hand delivered you your revenge” in the letter.

In November 2011, Ray was convicted of felony DUI and ordered to pay more than $275,000 to his victims who he critically injured – Robert “Bobby” Manor and his wife, who almost died.

Manor was left with a permanent limp while Ray turned his life around by becoming sober and rejoining Alcoholics Anonymous.

According to witnesses, Manor never forgave Ray for what he did, and Manor told those same witnesses “I got him” after he committed his crimes, per police.

Gray and Manor were convicted of murder under special circumstances and kidnapping.

Gray is serving time in the Sierra Conservation Center while Manor is jailed in the California State Prison Solano, according to California Department of Corrections.