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Fannie Manring Lawson

Case from Germanton, NC dated Dec 25, 1929

Victim Details

Fannie Manring Lawson

Female

White / Caucasian

Germanton

NC

1929-12-25

37

Fannie

Manring Lawson

06/20/2026

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Fannie Manring Lawson, a 37-year-old woman of European descent, tragically lost her life on December 25, 1929, in Germanton, North Carolina. She was one of the victims in a horrific familicide committed by her husband, Charles Davis Lawson. The Lawson family, consisting of Fannie, her husband, and their seven children, was well-known in the community as tenant tobacco farmers who had recently purchased their own farm.

On the fateful day, Charles Lawson took his entire family into town for ...
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    I’ve been reading a lot about the Lawson family tragedy, and something about the ... ...Read More
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    I'm always struck by how eerie and unsettling the timing of the family portrait was in this case. Th... ...Read More
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