Defunding the police is a dangerous reality in Missouri

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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.

In close cooperation with law enforcement, we were able to bring Lawson to justice and ensure that he paid for the brutal and violent acts that robbed three people of their lives and ripped them out of the lives of their loved ones.

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