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On December 25, 1929, in Germanton, North Carolina, seven-year-old Maybell Lawson was tragically murdered along with six other members of her family. The perpetrator was her father, Charles Davis Lawson, who committed the familicide by shooting his wife, Fannie Manring Lawson, and their six children before taking his own life. The only survivor was their eldest son, Arthur Lawson, who was sent on an errand just before the murders took place.
The Lawson family was well-known in the communi ...Read More
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Maybell Lawson
Male
Germanton
NC
1929-12-25
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Maybell
Lawson
11/05/2025
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I recently came across the Lawson family tragedy while doing some research into historical true crim... ...Read More
10/14/2023
10/14/2023
I've been thinking about the eerie timing of Charles Lawson taking his family into town just before ... ...Read More
09/29/2023
09/29/2023
