The woman’s 2-year-old daughter was left wandering the house in Fairfax County, Va., for days after the 1994 killing.
He picked up his phone. The detective told him police had a suspect in custody, Ollie Lawrence said in an interview Monday with The Washington Post., which left the couple’s 2-year-old wandering alone in the house in West Springfield, Va., for days the weekend before Thanksgiving in 1994.
“I was always disappointed in the detectives because they seemed to spend an inordinate amount of time as me as suspect. I recognize and respect the fact they needed to rule me out. But I was out of the country and could prove it,” Ollie Lawrence said. He later added, “It didn’t impact me much because I knew I didn’t do it. But I was seriously concerned they were focusing on the wrong person in the case.”Robin Lawrence was originally from Syracuse, N.Y.
According to news reports at the time, Ollie Lawrence was traveling for business the week before Thanksgiving of 1994. His wife went to work on a Friday, came home and dropped their nanny about 6:30 p.m. Ollie Lawrence called late Friday but got no answer. He called on Saturday as well. Anxious, he called a friend to check on Robin Lawrence.The friend and another woman called the police and drove to the home on Reseca Lane, reports at the time show.
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