Earlier this month, the Missouri attorney general’s office secured first-degree murder convictions for Eric Lawson, who murdered his ex-girlfriend, her mother, and his 10-month-old infant son. He shot and killed Breiana Ray, who was 22 years old, and her mother, Gwendolyn Ray, who was 50, and then set fire to the apartment, locking the door behind him and killing by smoke and fire his son, Aiden.
Eric Schmitt, Washington Examiner June 2, 2021
Earlier this month, the Missouri attorney general s office secured first-degree murder convictions for Eric Lawson, who murdered his ex-girlfriend, her mother, and his 10-month-old infant son. He shot and killed Breiana Ray, who was 22 years old, and her mother, Gwendolyn Ray, who was 50, and then…Read Full Article »
May 06, 2021 - 4:23 PM
ST. LOUIS - A man who killed his 10-month-old son, ex-girlfriend and her mother in 2012 was spared the death penalty Thursday after a St. Louis jury instead recommended he be sentenced to life in prison.
Eric Lawson, 32, was convicted on Saturday of shooting and killing his ex-girlfriend, Breiana Ray, 22, and her mother, Gwendolyn Ray, 50, at their apartment on May 5, 2012. He then set two fires inside the apartment and locked the door as he left, trapping his 10-month-old son, Aiden, prosecutors said.
Aiden s 3-year-old sister, Mckenzie Ray, suffered smoke inhalation but survived.
The jury sentence recommendation came after several of Lawson s relatives testified about his upbringing in poverty, lack of family support and exposure to violence, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.
St. Louis man sentenced to life in death of son and 2 others
May 6, 2021
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ST. LOUIS (AP) A man who killed his 10-month-old son, ex-girlfriend and her mother in 2012 was spared the death penalty Thursday after a St. Louis jury instead recommended he be sentenced to life in prison.
Eric Lawson, 32, was convicted on Saturday of shooting and killing his ex-girlfriend, Breiana Ray, 22, and her mother, Gwendolyn Ray, 50, at their apartment on May 5, 2012. He then set two fires inside the apartment and locked the door as he left, trapping his 10-month-old son, Aiden, prosecutors said.
Aiden s 3-year-old sister, Mckenzie Ray, suffered smoke inhalation but survived.
Man found guilty of killing baby son, 2 others; he s spared death penalty
On Thursday, the jury recommended Eric Lawson be sentenced to life in prison, and St. Louis Circuit Judge Michael Noble accepted the jury s recommendation
Credit: KSDK Published: 7:44 PM CDT May 6, 2021 Updated: 7:45 PM CDT May 6, 2021
ST. LOUIS A St. Louis man found guilty of killing his 10-month-old son, his ex-girlfriend and her mother will not face the death penalty after the jury recommended he be sentenced to life in prison.
Eric Lawson, 32, was convicted over the weekend of fatally shooting 22-year-old Breiana Ray and 50-year-old Gwendolyn Ray before setting an apartment fire that killed his 10-month-old son, Aiden, in 2012.