Alicia Lawson Pleads Guilty In Death Of 4-Year-Old Son Malachi Lawson

BALTIMORE, Md. (WJZ) — Alicia Lawson connected Monday pleaded blameworthy to Child Abuse successful the First Degree resulting successful Death, announced the State’s Attorney’s Office of Baltimore City.

Lawson was sentenced to Life, suspend each but 30 years, and 5 years of probation for the decease of Malachi Lawson.

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Alicia Lawson’s four-year-old lad was recovered dormant successful a dumpster 10 miles distant from his mother’s home. Alicia Lawson’s wife, Shatika Lawson, initially told constabulary her lad was missing.

According to charging documents, Malachi Lawson suffered terrible burns aft a scalding blistery bath. Concerned that the lad mightiness beryllium taken from them oregon that they whitethorn beryllium charged, the women tried to dainty the terrible burns themselves for much than a week.

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Nine days aft the bath, Alicia Lawson recovered Malachi Lawson unresponsive. That’s erstwhile she wrapped her lad successful a blanket, took a Lyft to a dumpster, and tossed him successful the dumpster wrong a trash bag.

“The details of this lawsuit are horrific and hard to comprehend,” said State’s Attorney Mosby. “It is my anticipation that Alicia Lawson uses her condemnation to admit the unspeakable devastation caused by her heinous behaviour arsenic a parent and quality being.”

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Shatika Lawson is inactive awaiting trial.

CBS Baltimore Staff