A Houston woman has been charged in connection with a twisted murder-for-hire plot, in which police say she hired a childhood friend to execute her pregnant former lesbian lover, the woman’s husband and their six-year-old daughter.
Alexus Williams, 29, was arrested on Thursday on three count’s of capital murder and one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for the June 2021 killings of Donyavia Lagway, 29, her husband, Gregory Carhee, 35, and their daughter, 6-year-old Harmony Carhee.
The slain couple’s 10-year-old daughter was gravely wounded but survived by playing dead, and comforted her one-year-old brother until help arrived.
Prosecutors said Williams was on FaceTime with the hired killer and may have witnessed the executions in real time.
Alexus Williams, 29 (left), faces three capital murder charges and an aggravated assault count for allegedly hiring her childhood friend, Xavier Davis, 28 (right), to kill her former lesbian lover and the woman’s family, including her children
Police say on June 30, Davis barged into a Houston apartment and killed Donyavia Lagway (left) and her husband, Gregory Carhee (right)
Also killed was the couple’s six-year-old daughter, Harmony Carhee
In July, Houston police arrested Xavier Davis, 28, on charges of capital murder and aggravated assault for his alleged role as a hitman in Williams’ murderous plot.
Harris County prosecutors said Lagway had an extramarital affair with Williams, but the mom-of-four had broken up with her in mid-June and reconciled with her husband.
About a week after the split, the scorned lover allegedly decided to take her revenge by hiring Davis to exterminate Lagway’s family.
Williams allegedly promised Davis that there were several thousands of dollars inside the victims’ apartment in the 12100 block of Fondern Road and told him he could keep all the cash he found.
‘It was simply greed for Xavier Davis,’ Prosecutor Sean Teare.
Prosecutors say Williams had enticed Davis by promising him that the victims had several thousands of dollars in their Houston apartment in the 12100 block of Fondern Road
It’s been reported that the gunman lined up the family on the couch and shot each of them
The couple’s 10-year-old daughter survived and called her grandmother, who summoned help
Teare added that there is evidence that Williams was on the phone with Davis during the murders and watched a portion of the massacre, or its bloody aftermath, on FaceTime.
Teare said it was even possible that she talked to the victims before they were executed one by one after being lined up on the couch.
A family member said Lagway and Carhee’s 10-year-old daughter, Lyric, was struck by gunfire and pretended to be dead until the killer left.
Despite her injuries, she was able to lock the door, grab her baby brother, who had been thrown across the room by the gunman, and call her grandmother for help.
Williams was allegedly angry because Lagway (left) had broken up with her a week before the killings and reconciled with her husband. She had just found out she was pregnant with the couple’s fifth child
Ten-year-old Lyric (left) was shot in the arm but survived by playing dead until the hitman left
The orphaned girl has undergone multiple surgeries to repair the damage to her right arm
Williams appeared in court on Thursday and was ordered held without bond
Davis, Williams’ childhood friend, remains jailed without bond. He is seen in court
The orphaned survivor, who is now aged 11, has undergone multiple surgeries to repair damage to her arm and elbow, and is being cared for by her two grandmothers.
Lagway and Carhee also had an eight-year-old boy, who was not at home at the time of the murders, and the mom-of-four had just learned that she was pregnant with her fifth child, according to relatives.
Williams made her initial court appearance on Thursday, during which a judge declined to set a bond for her release, and also barred her from contacting the victims’ family members, after learning that the suspected mastermind of the murder-for-hire plot attended the funerals of her ex-lover, her husband and daughter.
Davis also remains jailed without bond pending his next court appearance set for March 23.
