Represented by: Brenda Dickson (2009-11; 2013; 2015; 2016; 2018; 2019-present)

VITAL STATISTICS

Appearances: 2009-11; 2013; 2015; 2016; 2018; 2019-present

Parents: Unknown

Siblings: Unknown

Children: Philip Ragan (biological) and Spencer Ragan (adopted/raised)

Grandchildren: Peter Ragan

Relationships: Widowed by James (Robbins) Ragan

Occupation: Unemployed

SUMMARY

After Molly Taylor hired Philip Ragan to photograph Objection Designs’s advertising campaign, she traveled home to New Hampshire with him, where she met his mother, socialite Loretta. As it turned out, Loretta was also the widow of James Robbins, who had lived a second life as James Ragan and raised two children with her — one of whom was his biological grandson, Spencer, whom he had switched at birth. James’s daughter, Claire, and Brent Taylor tracked Loretta down after identifying her as the mastermind behind Nick Moriani’s evil plots; she had long blamed Claire and the Fishers for James’s death.

Loretta went to prison for her assorted crimes, though she received visits from Spencer, Philip, and others over the years. She applied pressure from behind bars to get Molly Taylor charged with shooting and killing Philip after he was revealed to be the Footprint Killer. Later, it came out that Molly was covering for her own mother, Paula. Loretta was unwittingly roped into another scheme when she received a visit from nurse Sonja Kahele, who thought Loretta was paying her to keep Spencer from remembering details of his near-fatal fall; in fact, Natalie Bishop was paying Sonja but was posing as someone working for Loretta. Armed with this information, Loretta eventually exposed Natalie’s lies — including the fact that her son, Peter, had been fathered by Spencer — at her wedding to Jason Fisher. She also blackmailed Sonja into dumping Tim Fisher and leaving King’s Bay.

At the end of 2019, Loretta shocked Natalie and Spencer — who had married in order to maintain custody of Peter — by showing up at their doorstep, having been recently paroled. She used her leverage over Natalie to stay in their home and be close to Peter, whom she considers her grandson. The Fishers and her other victims wondered what Loretta was really up to.