Subsequent investigation by police led to the arrest of a second suspect — with police alleging the killings were ordered by a woman who had dated Lagway.
In March 2022, police arrested Alexus Williams on charges that included three counts of capital murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
“Alexus Williams, had a prior dating relationship with one of the victims, Ms. Lagway, and they had broken up shortly before the shootings,” policed alleged at the time of her arrest in a news release. “Investigators learned Williams arranged the robbery and suspect Davis was the shooter. Williams and Davis had been friends since they were children.”
Williams allegedly told Davis that he could rob the family home and take what he wanted if he would carry out the killings, police claimed in the news release.
Her trial is set to get underway alter this year and she has entered a plea of not guilty to all charges.
At Williams’ bond hearing a few days after her arrest, Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare said that Davis had actually FaceTimed her during the murders.
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty in Davis’ case, which is now moving on to the punishment phase.
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