Scrawl corpse a slay

Homicide ruling in ‘touch little girls’ case

The death of an 80-year-old Staten Island man found with the words “I touch little girls” written on his chest has been ruled a homicide.

Robert Raynor, whose body was found Monday morning in the hallway of his Tompkinsville apartment building, was killed by blunt trauma force to the head and torso, according to a spokesman for the Medical Examiner’s Office.

Police have yet to publicly identify a suspect or motive in the homicide, but detectives were searching Wednesday for surveillance footage that might help crack the case, lawenforcement sources said.

One of Raynor’s daughters, Shakera McFadden, was shocked at the message — and others like it — on his body.

“My daddy never touched nobody. He never touched no little girls,” said McFadden, 32, whose father lived with her in North Carolina until he moved to Staten Island several years ago.

McFadden said her father was suffering from cancer and was nearly immobile.

“He could barely move his arms, he could barely move legs. He could barely do anything,” she said.

“He ain’t no saint, but he ain’t no pedophile,” the daughter said.

Raynor’s body was discovered at around 9:30 a.m. Monday in his building on Corson Avenue near Ely Street by an upstairs neighbor who said he had heard sounds of an apparent struggle overnight Sunday into Monday.

Raynor was found wearing only a pair of pants, which were down below his waist, the neighbor, Isaac Williams, told The Post.

Written on Raynor’s chest in what appeared to be black marker were the words, “I touch little girls,” according to Williams and authorities.

Two other phrases were also found scrawled on his body, according to police sources.

“I take dolls in my room for girls age 1-5” was written on Raynor’s stomach, while “I touch” was scribbled on his right foot, insiders said.

While Raynor had 24 arrests on his record, none appeared to be connected to pedophilia, according to the sources.

His name does not appear on the state’s online registry of known sex offenders.

Cops said Raynor had cuts on his forehead and two black eyes, while Williams said he also saw apparent injuries to his nose.

Williams, 40, described Raynor as frail and largely homebound, and added that he never had any reason to suspect the victim of inappropriate behavior with children.

Additional reporting by Kenneth Garger