Man handed 3 life sentences after molesting 4-year-old girl and nearly beating her mother to death just days after murdering his ex
The court was stunned when prosecutors revealed that Evans had confessed to killing his 39-year-old girlfriend, Sharon Nannette Hayden, just days before the Feb 2018 kidnapping
A South Carolina man who kidnapped a four-year-old girl from Johns Island and nearly beat her mother to death will now spend the rest of his life in prison.
In February 2018, the 38-year-old Thomas Lawton Evans Jr. kidnapped a young girl and took her across state lines before sexually assaulting her. After his arrest in Mississippi, he confessed to almost beating her mother, Brittany Todd, to death and robbing the family, according to a WBTV report.
The court was stunned when prosecutors revealed that Evans had also confessed to killing his 39-year-old girlfriend, Sharon Nannette Hayden, just days before the February 2018 kidnapping.