Reply #4: Huh? Where are you getting that information? That's not what the article says.

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If she was being "handed a light sentence" then the damage would have already been done. You kill someone BEFORE they impart information, not after. She was on her way to jail, that's a more plausible explanation--and she was upset about it. Time will tell:

When Lawrence failed to show up for court, the attorney general’s office sent an investigator to check on Lawrence at her home at the 4600 block of North Rainbow Boulevard, Lopez said.

Investigators found the woman dead about 11:30 a.m. and notified Metro Police, Lopez said.

The Clark County coroner’s office said a determination on the cause of death is pending results of a toxicology report that will take six to eight weeks.