Kentucky prosecutors notified the court on Tuesday that they intend to seek the death penalty against the mother of a 17-month-old girl who was reportedly sexually abused and murdered. Erica Lawson, 21, was arraigned on Tuesday — the same day Bell County prosecutors filed a notice of aggravating circumstance that warns Lawson that they intend …
On Tuesday, a Kentucky grand jury indicted a woman for murdering her 17-month-old daughter, who reportedly died in July after she was sexually abused. Erica Lawson, 21, was initially arrested on manslaughter charges following the July 30 death of her daughter, Elena. WBIR reported that Middlesboro police said they were using DNA to identify additional …
Police in Kentucky have arrested one person and are looking for a second suspect in a toddler abuse case that prosecutors and investigators say is the worst case they’ve seen in someone so young. Seventeen-month-old Elena was presented at Middlesboro ARH Hospital on July 28 with injuries so severe that she was almost immediately flown …
