A Texas man who murdered a Houston couple and their 6-year-old daughter entered a guilty plea to capital murder charges just moments after his criminal trial got underway this week.
Xavier Davis, 32, confessed to killing Gregory Carhee, 35, Donyavia Lagway, 29, and the couple’s 6-year-old daughter Harmony Carhee on June 30, 2021.
The Houston Police Department said at the time that Davis forced his way into the family’s apartment and shot Carhee and Lagway in front of the couple’s three children.
Davis then shot Harmony in the head and also shot her 10-year-old sister, who suffered a non-fatal bullet wound and pretended to be dead until long after Davis left the residence, according to police.
Once Davis had left, the surviving daughter locked the door and began calling family members while trying to protect and comfort her baby brother, the one person Davis did not shoot, say police.
One child in the family, an 8-year-old boy, was not home at the time of the murders.
Lagway had also learned she was pregnant with her fifth child just before her death.
Days later, police charged Davis with three charges of capital murder and a single count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, but by that point, he was already in custody for an unrelated case.
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