BARDSTOWN, Ky. (Scripps News Lexington/Court TV) — The first of three men to face punishment for the death of Crystal Rogers was given a sentence of 17 years in prison on Wednesday.
FILE – Steven Lawson appears in court. (Scripps News Lexington)
In June, Steven Lawson was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder and tampering with physical evidence for his role in Rogers’ presumed death.
That same jury recommended that he be sentenced to 17 years in prison. On Wednesday, a judge agreed with the jury and sentenced him to 17 years for conspiracy to commit murder and five years for tampering with physical evidence, to be served concurrently.
Lawson is the first of three men convicted in the case. Rogers, a mother of five, vanished on July 3, 2015, and her remains have never been found.
Lawson and his son, Joseph, who was convicted of the same charges, abandoned Rogers’ car on the Blue Grass Parkway the night she vanished.
Brooks Houck, Rogers’ boyfriend, was convicted of murder and tampering with physical evidence. Houck and Joseph Lawson are scheduled to be formally sentenced on August 21.
This story was originally published on Scripps News Lexington, an E.W. Scripps company.
