Mother Of Serial Killer’s Victim Sues Sporting Goods Store Over Straw Purchase

By Cam Edwards

A South Carolina judge heard arguments on Friday in a case brought by the mother of a man murdered by a serial killer against the sporting goods store that sold several firearms, including the murder weapon, to a man convicted of illegally purchasing the guns for the killer.

Cindie Coxie is suing that straw purchaser, Dustan Lawson, as well as Academy Sports, alleging that the store was negligent in selling the firearms to Lawson, who gave the firearms to Todd Kohlhepp. Kohlhepp is currently serving seven life terms for the murders of seven people in South Carolina between 2003 and 2016. Two of the seven victims were Johnny Coxie and his wife Meagan McGraw-Coxie. The couple were found buried on Kohlhepp’s 100 acre property shortly after one of his victims, Kala Brown, was found by police, locked in a storage container but still alive, after officers were able to track her last known cell phone signals.

There’s no question that Dustan Lawson engaged in straw purchases by buying firearms intended for Kohlhepp, who was prohibited from legally owning firearms because of a rape conviction (and subsequent 14-year prison sentence) in 1987. Lawson pled guilty …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms