Shatika Lawson

Stepmom Sentenced in Scalding Death of 4-Year-Old Boy
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The wife of a Maryland mother convicted of scalding her 4-year-old stepson in a bath and tossing his body in a dumpster after he died will spend 30 years in prison in prison herself. Shatika Lawson — wife of Malachi Lawson’s mother, Alicia Lawson — was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday with all …

Child Abuse
May 9, 2023

Stepmom Pleads Guilty in 4-Year-Old Boy’s Scalding Death

The wife of a Baltimore mother convicted in the death of her 4-year-old son in 2019 has also pleaded guilty in the boy’s death. Malachi Lawson was scalded in a bath and left without medical attention for nine days before he died, as CrimeOnline previously reported. The stepmom, Shatika Lawson, was allegedly distracted on the …