Texas Woman Sentenced to 40 Years for Triple Murder She Watched on FaceTime
Alexus Williams, 33, hired a childhood friend to kill her ex-girlfriend, her husband, and their 6-year-old daughter in Houston. She watched the attack live on FaceTime.
Texas Woman Gets 40 Years for FaceTime Murder-for-Hire That Killed Three in Houston
A Houston woman will spend four decades in prison after hiring a childhood friend to murder her ex-girlfriend, the woman's husband, and their young daughter — and watching the killings unfold live on FaceTime, Law & Crime reports.
Alexus Chenelle Williams, 33, pleaded guilty to three counts of murder and was sentenced to 40 years in prison for the deaths of Gregory Carhee, 35, Donyavia Lagway, 29, and their 6-year-old daughter Harmony Carhee.
The triple homicide took place on June 30, 2021, at the Totoro Place Apartments on Fondren Road near West Airport Boulevard in Houston. Williams paid a childhood acquaintance, Xavier Davis, then 28, to carry out the attack, telling him there was cash inside the apartment he could keep, according to court documents obtained by local CBS affiliate KHOU.
Williams had previously been in a relationship with Lagway. Lagway had returned to her husband Carhee and was pregnant with his child at the time of the killing.
With Williams connected via FaceTime, Davis forced his way into the apartment after Carhee opened the door and opened fire. Carhee, Lagway, and Harmony were all struck. The couple's 10-year-old daughter, also present, survived by playing dead and holding the hand of her 1-year-old brother.
After Davis fled the scene, the 10-year-old alerted family members, who called police.
Investigators quickly received a tip naming Davis as the shooter. He was taken into custody in possession of $3,000 in cash and ammunition matching shell casings recovered at the apartment. The murder weapon was later found at the home of Davis' girlfriend.
Detectives suspected Williams' involvement from the outset but spent months building a case before making an arrest. During that period, then-Houston Police Chief Troy Finner offered a public warning at a press conference: "The one who's not in custody, even though I'm not going to say your name, you know who you are, and so do we."
In the months that followed, Williams attended the victims' funerals, KHOU reported.
Text messages exchanged between Williams and Davis ultimately proved central to establishing her role in the conspiracy. Police arrested Williams in March 2022, roughly eight months after the murders.
Davis pleaded guilty to three counts of capital murder and was sentenced to death in April.
Source: Law & Crime