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Man found guilty of murdering mother and her daughter sentenced to death

Otishae Womack and her daughter Kamyria were found dead in an apartment in April 2018

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The man found guilty of murdering a mother and her 10-year-old daughter at a home in Fort Worth has been sentenced to death.

Paige Lawyer received the death penalty Wednesday morning.

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Otishae Womack and her 10-year-old daughter, Kamyria, were found strangled to death at a residence in the Verona Apartment community off Shady Lane Drive and Woodhaven Boulevard, about a half a mile north of Interstate 30, in April 2018.

Fort Worth Police arrested Lawyer days later after the murder in Tennessee.

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After victim impact statements were read in court, Lawyer began arguing from his seat and was led out of the courtroom.

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