A 25-year sentence for murder and dismemberment. Wow.
MAR 2, 2020
Albemarle man sentenced for murder, dismemberment of woman
An Albemarle County man will serve 25 years in prison for the murder of Angela Lynn Lax, whose dismembered remains were found in 2018.
Robert Christopher Henderson, 38, was convicted of second-degree murder after accepting a plea agreement last year.
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The police came to believe Henderson stabbed Lax multiple times and subsequently dismembered her body with a hacksaw, scattering her remains behind his home. Not all of Lax’s remains had been recovered, but cadaver dogs were able to locate her skull first, which contained a metal plate that helped to identify it as that of Lax.
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Lax leaves behind two children and two grandchildren, as well as many other loving family members, Brown said.
“The natural order of life says that children will bury their parents,” she said. “I have only pieces of bones, discarded behind someone’s living quarters.”
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