Alexus Williams is shown in the Harris County 209th District Court in Houston Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. Williams pleaded guilty to downgraded charges of murder in the 2021 deaths of Donyavia Lagway, 29, and Gregory Carhee, 35, and their daughter, Harmony, 6. Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle A poster of family photos is shown in the Harris County District Court in Houston Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle Regina Carhee, the mother of Gregory Carhee, reads her statement to Alexus Williams in Harris County District Court in Houston Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle Alexus Williams is shown in Harris County District Court in Houston Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle Angela Ervin, the aunt of Donyavia Lagway, reads her victim impact statement to Alexus Williams in Harris County District Court in Houston Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. Williams pleaded guilty to downgraded charges of murder in the 2021 deaths of Donyavia Lagway, 29, and Gregory Carhee, 35, and their daughter, Harmony, 6. Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle

Relatives of a slain Houston couple and child stood up and looked straight at Alexus Williams as they blamed her for the 2021 shooting that killed all three of them.

One family member said she wished Williams had received a harsher punishment - like the death sentence the convicted shooter, Xavier Davis, received following his 2025 trial for killing Donyavia Lagway, Gregory Carhee and their 6-year-old daughter, Harmony.

Williams was sentenced to 40 years in prison for three counts of murder for her role in directing Davis to the family's apartment with the promise of money, according to prosecutors.


Davis did not know the family, but Williams previously dated Lagway.

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 It still doesn't sit well with me that you didn't get the death penalty like Xavier did,  Dominique Robins, Lagway's cousin, told Williams.

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