It was the 20th of February, 2016, when Morgan Lawrence received a peculiar text message from her husband, Ryan Lawrence. He had been scheduled to pick her up from work with their young daughter but the text message strangely read that the car would be waiting for her outside with the keys inside. When she arrived home, her husband and daughter were nowhere to be seen…
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Audio Sources:
“Shaken, devastated, Baby Maddox’s mom speaks at sentencing of Ryan Lawrence”
“Watch: Ryan Lawrence admits killing Baby Maddox in emotional appearance”
“Baby Maddox Press Conference”
“Ryan Lawrence on killing Baby Maddox: ‘I love my daughter with all my heart’”
“Grandfather on Baby Maddox’s murder: ’Nothing will satisfy my overwhelming feeling of loss’”
“Killing of Baby Maddox: 25 years to life for her father, Ryan Lawrence”
“Mother Begs for Daughter’s Return”
“Maddox’s Law: Murder in the First”
Sources:
Armonk Daily Voice, 21 February, 2016 – “AMBER Alert Issues for 1-Year-Old Girl Abducted Saturday Night”
The Citizen, 21 February, 2016 – “Syracuse Police Activates AMBER Alert”
The Post-Standard, 21 February, 2016 – “Police, Family Baffled by Disappearance of Missing CNY Girl”
The Post-Standard, 22 February, 2016 – “Police Searching Vacant Lots for Missing Baby Maddox Lawrence”
The Post-Standard, 22 February, 2016 – “Syracuse Police Detectives, Other Focus on Maddox Lawrence Search”
The Post-Standard, 22 February, 2016 – “Baby Maddox’s Dad Being Held by Syracuse Police”
Associated Press, 23 February, 2016 – “Father Charged with Killing Missing Toddler Found in Harbor”
Baldwinsville Messenger, 23 February, 2016 – “Father Charged with Second-Degree Murder in 21-monht-old’s Death”
The Post-Standard, 23 February, 2016 – “Father Suspected in Disappearance of Maddox Lawrence Joins Police Search”
The Post-Standard, 23 February, 2016 – “Maddox Lawrence Case Has Been Tough For All Involved”
The Post-Standard, 23 February, 2016 – “Baby Maddox Was Killed, Burned and Hidden Before Search Began”
The Post-Standard, 23 February, 2016 – “Missing Baby Maddox Lawrence is Believed to be Dead”
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The Post-Standard, 23 February, 2016 – “For Maddox and Her Father, a Fight for Life Turns to Inexplicable Violence”
Skaneateles Press, 23 February, 2016 – “Father Charged with Second-Degree Murder in 21-Month-old’s Death”
Baldwinsville Messenger, 24 February, 2016 – “Fundraiser to Honour Baby Maddox, Benefit Mother”
The Post-Standard, 24 February, 2016 – “Crowds Gather at Inner Harbour”
The Post-Standard, 24 February, 2016 – “Vigil to be Held for Maddow Lawrence at Syracuse’s Inner Harbor”
The Post-Standard, 24 February, 2016 – “Ryan Lawrence Admitted to Killing Daughter”
The Post-Standard, 25 February, 2016 – “Ryan Lawrence’s Mother Devoted Life to Helping Victims of Violent Crime”
The Post-Standard, 27 February, 2016 – “Only One Fund For Maddox is Real”
The Post-Standard, 28 February, 2016 – “Father Under Stress, Now Under Arrest”
The Post-Standard, 1 March, 2016 – “Lawrence Held in Protective Custody”
The Post-Standard, 22 March, 2016 – “Murder of a Child Should be First-Degree Murder”
The Post-Standard, 23 March, 2016 – “Dad Accused of Killing Maddox With Baseball Bat”
The Post-Standard, 6 April, 2016 – “My Brother is a Shell”
The Post-Standard, 9 May, 2016 – “Mother’s Day Cards, Balloons Added to Baby Maddox Memorial”
The Post-Standard, 2 June, 2016 – “Ryan Lawrence Seeks to Have Baby Maddox Murder Trial Moved”
The Citizen, 14 June, 2016 – “Senate Passes Law Named After Baby Maddox”
The Post-Standard, 6 June, 2016 – “Baby Maddox’s Dad First Claimed Fictitious Couple Took Her to Bolivia”
The Post-Standard, 6 July, 2016 – “Baby Maddox’s Dad Said He Prayed Before Hitting Her With Bat”
The Post-Standard, 6 July, 2016 – “Disguised Baby Maddox’s Dad Tells Cops He’s Rlo Rivers”
The Post-Standard, 6 July, 2016 – “Baby Maddox’ Dad Takes Witness Stand, Admits Confessing to Brutal Murder”
The Post-Standard, 7 July, 2016 – “How Baby Maddox’s Dad Fled 30 Miles from Tinker Falls to B’Ville”
The Post-Standard, 19 August, 2016 – “Ryan Lawrence’s Own Web of Deceit Led to Confession”
The Post-Standard, 15 September, 2016 – “Ryan Lawrence Pleads Guilty to Baby Maddox’ Murder”
The Post-Standard, 15 September, 2016 – “From Caring and Loving Dad to Baby Maddox Murderer”
International Business Times, 16 September, 2016 – “New York Father Admits Killing Cancer Survivor Daughter”
The Independent, 19 September, 2016 – “A Toddler Survived Cancer. Then Her Father Beat Her to Death”
The Post-Standard, 13 october, 2016 – “Permanent Baby Maddox Memorial Created at Syracuse Inner Harbour”
Associated Press, 16 November, 2016 – “Upstate NY Man Who Killed Daughter, Burned Body Sentenced”
CNY Central, 16 November, 2016 – “Judge to Lawrence: You Deserve to Spend the Rest of your Life in Prison”
The Post-Standard, 16 November, 2016 – “A Life Not Lived”
The Post-Standard, 16 November, 2016 – “Ryan Lawrence on Daughter He Murdered”
The Post-Standard, 16 November, 2016 – “Ryan Lawrence Took Baby Maddox on Dry Run”
The Post-Standard, 14 December, 2016 – “In Prison, Baby Maddox’s Dad and Killer Faces Ultimate Question”
The Citizen, 7 June, 2017 – “Maddox’s Law”
