A man, who killed a woman, cut her heart out and then stabbed two people to death, including a 4-year-old child, has been sentenced to life in prison in US’s Oklahoma state.
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According to NBC News, 44-year-old Lawrence Paul Anderson committed the murders in 2021, less than a month after he received an early release from prison. Weeks after he was freed, he murdered and carved Andrea Blankenship’s heart, carried it to his aunt and uncle’s house and cooked the organ with potatoes.
As we previously reported, he then attempted to serve the meal to the couple before he stabbed and killed 67-year-old Leon Pye and his 4-year-old granddaughter Kaeos Yates.
Lawrence Paul Anderson, 42, pleaded guilty Wednesday to three counts of first-degree murder and a single count each of assault with a deadly weapon and felony maiming, according to The Associated Press. Anderson was sentenced to life in prison without parole as part of a plea deal. The prosecutor dropped plans for the death penalty following a request from the victim’s family, the AP reported. After the sentencing, the prosecutor, Jason Hicks, said in a news conference that the victim’s family did not wish to endure the pain of a trial.
“Anderson stated that he entered the home by using his shoulder to break into the back door,” one affidavit states. “Anderson killed a white female in the home and removed her heart. Anderson then cooked the heart at the Pye home and tried to make Delsie and Leon Pye eat the heart before he attacked them.”
The second affidavit alleges that Anderson told agents he cooked it with potatoes “to feed to his family to release the demons,” the Oklahoman reported.
Anderson was released from prison a few weeks before the Feb. 2021 attacks. He was among more than 800 Oklahoma inmates whose application for commutation was considered in January 2020 as part of a state law that took effect in November 2019. The law changed guidelines for some drug and property crimes, making hundreds of inmates eligible for an accelerated commutation process.
A grand jury investigation found that Anderson was mistakenly placed on the communication docket in Aug. 2019. A month before, the commutation board rejected his request. In order to submit a request again, Anderson should have been required to wait three years. However, the board recommended his commutation after a second question and it was approved by Gov. Sitt, the AP reported.
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