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International Business Times
17-07-2025
- International Business Times
Father of Child Victim in Rape Case Killed After Being Offered $12K Bribe to Drop Charges in St Louis, Hitman Also Found Dead
July 17, 2025 15:03 +08 Lavor Harmon Facebook A key witness, who was the father of a sex crime victim, was offered a bribe to not press charges in the case. He refused to accept the hush money, leading to his murder and the death of his killer. The man killed was a witness in the case against Lavor Harmon. Harmon, 39, faces three counts of second-degree statutory sodomy and one count of second-degree statutory rape. He was charged in June. Lavor Accused of Engaging in Sexual Activities with 15-Year-Old Child Charging documents against Harmon said that on or about March 21, he met his victim while she was walking home from the school bus. The charging documents said they exchanged phone numbers, and he later picked her up and took her shopping. After that, he took her to a home and engaged in sexual activities. The victim was 15 at the time. Prosecutors allege his 44-year-old sister, Lavonda Harmon, showed up at the father's doorstep with a mystery man and a handful of $12,000 in cash. The father reportedly refused the to court records obtained by Fox2Now, the father was fatally shot on July 8 at his home on Bayview Drive in Ferguson. Those records indicate a minor child was present when the man was shot to death. Hitman Found Dead on the Same Day, Getaway Vehicle Torched Police said a white Kia was spotted driving away from that scene. Later that same day, the suspected male shooter was found executed in St. Louis, according to investigators. The getaway vehicle was located nearby – torched. Lavonda Harmon is already out of jail after paying a full $100,000 cash-only bond. Her brother, Lavor Harmon, jailed on a newly-increased $2 million cash-only bond.
Yahoo
16-07-2025
- Yahoo
He Told Police His Child Had Been Raped — Then Was Gunned Down After Refusing $12,000 Bribe: Police
NEED TO KNOW The father of a teen who authorities say was the victim of a statutory rape refused an alleged bribe from the suspect's sister, Lavonda Harmon, and an unidentified man Months later, the father was killed by a man who was found fatally shot that same day Harmon is charged with tampering with a witness in a felony prosecutionA Missouri father who reported that his child had been the victim of statutory rape was allegedly offered several thousand dollars to stop participating in the investigation. Months after he refused, he was killed in his home. Later that day, the suspected murderer was found shot to death. The case dates back to March, when prosecutors in Missouri allege that Lavor Harmon had sexual intercourse with a teenager, according to a grand jury indictment filed in June and obtained by PEOPLE. From there, the case continued down a dark path. Police in Ferguson, Mo., allege in a criminal complaint that in May, Harmon's sister, Lavonda Harmon, and an unidentified man went to the home of the alleged victim's father and offered him $12,000. Authorities allege that Lavonda and the man went to the home in an attempt to dissuade the father from cooperating with the investigation into Lavor, who had not yet been charged. The father refused the alleged bribe, police claim. In a motion to increase Lavor Harmon's bail, obtained by PEOPLE, prosecutors say that on July 8, a man went to the father's home and shot and killed him while the alleged statutory rape victim and another minor were there. Prosecutors say a white Kia was seen driving away from the scene. Later that day, that same man was found killed in St. Louis while the car was discovered burned nearby. Lavonda Harmon, a resident of Houston, Texas, is now charged with one count of tampering with a witness in a felony Harmon is charged with three counts of second-degree statutory sodomy and one count of second-degree statutory rape. It is not immediately clear if either sibling has entered a plea in relation to the charges. Lavor Harmon's bond is now set at $2 million. 'The facts of the case are alarming enough,' prosecutors say in the motion, 'but while this warrant has been active, investigations have revealed that the Defendant, his family members, and associates have engaged in criminal activity that demonstrates the significant danger he poses to the victim and community.' Read the original article on People
