Baldwin County Grand Jury Indicts Mother and Friend in Death of Baby
By Rick McCann
Blue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News
April 2, 2026
BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. — A Baldwin County Grand Jury has indicted the mother of a baby and a second person in the death of a child.
Tocora Brown and Larry Lawson were both indicted on two counts, each of felony Aggravated Child Abuse.
22-year-old mother and a 30-year-old business owner have been indicted in the death of the mother’s baby in Baldwin County in November 2023.
In November 2023, Foley Police officers and detectives responded to Baldwin Health after it was reported that a baby had been brought there and was deceased.
“Medical staff reported that the child succumbed to a head injury and noted evidence of a previous head injury,” Foley Police say.
During the investigation, police learned that the mother and her children had been living in a retail store’s storage room for unknown period of time.
“The brother was found with severe burns and evidence of a prior head injury,” police say in a release. “He was immediately placed into the care of the Department of Human Resources (DHR) where he remains today.
Police say Brown was an employee of the business where the children were living, while Lawson was the business owner.
Both were arrested earlier this week in Baldwin County by the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office Street Crimes Unit and remain in custody.
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