Lawrence Banks, convicted of two murders is now charged in the death of his adult daughter who was found dismembered near a dumpster in Baltimore, Maryland. Here is another example, of a killer being released to murder again. Banks is also a serial killer.
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Lawrence Banks, 65, has been in and out of prison several times, for murdering and assaulting people close to him. (Police handout) |
Convicted murderer charged in death of dismembered daughter
Associated Press
July 12, 2019 — 5:05am
Sixty-five-year-old Lawrence Banks has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Dominique Foster, according to The Baltimore Sun . City police served him with charging documents Thursday as he was being held at a detention center awaiting trial on firearm charges filed last month during the investigation into Foster's death.
Foster's headless body was found in May on Mother's Day in an abandoned shopping cart near Banks' apartment. Her feet, lower legs and hands also were missing. Charging documents say a search of his apartment revealed blood, counterfeit money and a .380 caliber handgun that had only five bullets in the magazine.
For decades, women close to Banks have been found dead. He hasn't been charged in any of their deaths until now.
In 1976, Banks was sentenced to 15 years in prison for throwing his 7-month-old daughter through a glass door while arguing with his wife, Vivian Banks. Vivian Banks was found dead just before that case went to trial. Her body was so decomposed that a cause of death couldn't be determined. No one has been charged in her death.
Years later, Banks was convicted in the 1991 killings of his son and another man.
Prosecutors said then that Banks killed his son because the son and a daughter — the one who was thrown through the glass door — claimed Banks physically abused them. They said the daughter also accused Banks of sexually abusing her.
He was sentenced to 20 years in prison and released in 2002.
Two years later, his then-wife, Patricia Samartaney, took out several protective orders against him, accusing him of threatening to kill her. She said he had choked her with a vacuum hose and tried to suffocate her with a pillow. He was jailed on an assault charge for several months before being acquitted.
In 2006, the daughter of Banks' then-girlfriend filed a protective order against him. That woman, 22-year-old Lisa Laverne Brown, and her 9-month-old daughter, Labria, were later found shot to death.
Prince George's County police asked Banks' parole agent to find violations to keep him behind bars as they built a case, according to the newspaper . He was detained the day after the slayings for possibly violating his parole by moving without first telling his parole agent and for being a threat to others.
He was ordered to serve out the rest of his sentence for the 1991 killings. The parole commissioner at the time, Perry Sfikas, said the slayings couldn't legally be considered in revoking Banks' parole. He said of Banks' general behavior that there was "way too much smoke for there not to be a fire."
He hasn't been charged in the 2006 deaths, and the case remains open.
Banks was released again in 2014, years after Foster moved to North Carolina. Foster's husband says his 43-year-old wife recently started trying to reconnect with Banks and was staying with her sister in the city.
Family members say they fear Banks, and Foster's husband said it's a blessing Banks is off the streets.
"He's a modern day serial killer, but no one wants to come out and say it," he said, adding that Foster said she believed she would leave the world by her dad's hand.
Court records didn't list an attorney for Banks.
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Man convicted of murdering son decades ago now arrested for killing daughter who was found dismembered near dumpster
Banks has been in and out of prison several times for murdering and assaulting people close to him. Dominique, his daughter, was reportedly trying to reconnect with him.
Updated On : 02:41 PST, Jul 13, 2019
Lawrence Banks, who had already been convicted of two murders, has now been charged for killing and dismembering his daughter, Dominique Foster. Her decapitated body was found near a dumpster in Baltimore.
The 65-year-old Banks was charged with first-degree murder, and the city police served him with the charging documents while he was being held at a detention center. Banks was awaiting trial on firearm charges filed against him in June this year, during the investigation of Foster's death. Foster's headless body was found in May on Mother's Day, in an abandoned shopping cart, with her feet, lower legs, and hands also missing.
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Dominique Foster, 43, was murdered by her father, Lawrence Banks, who also dismembered and decapitated her body. (Facebook) |
According to The Baltimore Sun, the charging documents claimed that a search of his apartment revealed blood, counterfeit money, and a .380 caliber handgun that had only five bullets in its magazine. Reportedly, women who were close to Banks were found dead in the last few decades, but he hadn't been charged in any of their deaths until now. In 1976, Banks was charged with 15 years of prison after he threw his then seven-month-old daughter threw a glass door, mid-argument with his wife, Vivian Banks.
Even though the baby had survived, Vivian was found dead just days prior to the trial. The body was so badly decomposed that no cause of death could be determined; neither has anyone been charged with her murder. Years later, Banks was convicted in 1991, but that was for the murder of his son and another man. According to prosecutors, Banks had killed his son because the boy and the daughter, whom he had flung through the door in the past, had accused him of physically abusing them and sexually abusing the daughter. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison but released in 2002.
Just two years later, Banks' then-wife Patricia Samartaney, took out a number of protective orders against him and accused him of threatening to murder her. She claimed he had choked her with a vacuum cleaning hose and had also tried to suffocate her with a pillow. This sent him to jail on an assault charge for several months before he was acquitted. Four years later in 2006, the daughter of Banks' then-girlfriend filed a protective order against him. She was 22-year-old Lisa Laverne Brown, who, along with her nine-month-old daughter Labria, was later found shot to death.
Prince George's County police ordered Banks' parole agent to find violations to keep him detained while they worked on building a case, reported The Baltimore Sun. He was arrested the day after the murders for possibly violating his parole by moving without informing his parole officer first, and for being a threat to others. Banks was ordered to serve out the rest of his sentence for the 1991 killings.
The parole commissioner back then, Perry Sfikas, said that the killings couldn't legally be considered to revoke Banks' parole. About Banks' behavior, he said there was "way too much smoke for there not to be a fire". Banks hasn't been charged in the 2006 murders either and the case remains open. He was released in 2014 once again, which was years after his daughter, Foster, had moved to North Carolina.
According to her husband, 43-year-old Foster had recently begun reconnecting with her father, Banks, and was staying with her sister in the city. Her family members had said that they are afraid of Banks, and her husband, Willie Foster, called Banks being off the streets, a blessing.
"He's a modern-day serial killer, but no one wants to come out and say it," Willie said, adding that his wife had said she feared her dad would cause her death. A vigil was held last month near the dumpster at Clarks Lane Garden Apartments. Foster's cousin, Tamara, told CBS Baltimore that the deceased Dominique loved her family and was an avid animal lover.
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