Friday, June 10, 2011

Laster Gets Four Life Sentences For Killing 23-year-old Mother And Suffocating Her Two Children To Death

Desmond Dejuan Laster

Convicted child killer sentenced to four life terms.

By H. Nelson Goodson
June 10, 2011

Milwaukee - On Friday, Desmond Dejuan Laster, 22 was sentenced to four life sentences without parole including five years consecutive on each count as an enhancer for being an armed felon. He was found guilty on four counts of first-degree intentional homicide for the murders of Rachel Thompson, 23, her two young sons at the 900 block of S. 12th St. and Brittney Robertson, 19, on February 26, 2010. Laster will also serve 10 years in prison each for party to a crime and arson, which will be served concurrently with the previous four homicide counts.
After killing Thompson, Laster tied up both of Thompson's children with duct tape and then put plastic bags over their heads to suffocate them to death. Then, he set fire to the upper apartment to cover up the homicides.
His accomplice, Anthony Edward Barnes, 23, became a state witness and testified against Laster. Barnes pleaded guilty to three homicides, including killing Robertson when he was ordered to do so by Laster.
Under a plea agreement, Barnes will be sentenced in July and faces up to 35 years in prison, according to court records.

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