Suspect in fatal shootings of 4, including boy, is indicted
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A man suspected in the deadly shootings of a 7-year-old boy and three other family members and a related non-fatal stabbing was indicted Wednesday on charges including aggravated murder and attempted murder.
Arron Lawson was arrested Oct. 13 after a manhunt near Ironton, just south of where authorities found the bodies in a house trailer.
The Lawrence County grand jury on Wednesday also indicted the 23-year-old Lawson on charges of felonious assault, rape, kidnapping, corpse abuse, aggravated burglary, vehicle theft, tampering with evidence and failing to comply with a police officer's order.
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Lawson's attorney, Warren Morford, didn't immediately respond to a message seeking comment on the potential death penalty case. A woman answering the phone at Morford's office said he was out.
Lawson is suspected of killing 28-year-old Stacey Jackson; Jackson's mother and stepfather, 43-year-old Tammie McGuire and 50-year-old Donald McGuire; and Jackson's son, Devin Holston. The sheriff says the boy's body apparently was hidden.
Authorities haven't clearly explained how Lawson is related to the victims and haven't commented on a motive in the case.
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The county coroner told The Columbus Dispatch that each victim was shot twice using a 20-gauge shotgun.
Jackson's husband, Todd Holston, was stabbed but survived.
Todd Holston told the Dispatch he rushed home from work after hearing screams and a gunshot during a phone call with his mother-in-law. He said he found Lawson there with a knife, looking crazed, and a fight ensued before the wounded Holston locked Lawson out of the home.
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Holston said Lawson, who lived up the road, was often at the home. He told the newspaper he has no idea what motivated the attack or why their 2-year-old son, who was at the home, was spared from harm.
A few other relatives of the victims had told reporters shortly after the arrest that they had seen no sign or warning of such violence by Lawson.
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Franko reported from Columbus.