They were farmers, had 8 children. The oldest son (second child) was sent out to get bullets or shot and missed his fathers rampage, wiping the whole family out, including himself, on Christmas day in 1929.
Its about 60 years later that a motive comes to light but even now, its not confirmed that it is true.
This week we discuss: Murder, Motive, Serial Killer, The Great Depression, Sharecropping, Family Anihilator, Familicide
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_the_Lawson_family#See_also
https://the-line-up.com/lawson-family-massacre
https://www.amazon.com/White-Christmas-Bloody-Christmas-Finally-Murders/dp/0962810800
https://www.amazon.com/Meaning-Our-Tears-Murders-Christmas-ebook/dp/B01EKOU42U
https://www.amazon.com/Death-North-Carolinas-Piedmont-Suicide/dp/1596291966#customerReviews
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30065567-the-meaning-of-our-tears
https://horrorobsessive.com/2020/12/21/christmas-mass-murder-the-lawson-family/
https://www.newsweek.com/28-days-haunted-madison-funeral-parlor-lawson-family-murders-1754536
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7944187/Charlie_davis-lawson
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50653435/james_arthur_lawson
https://murderpedia.org/male.L/l/lawson-charles-davis.htm
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