Vigil Wednesday to honor Breiana Ray, Gwendolyn Ray, Aiden Lawson

6:51 AM, May 9, 2012   |    comments
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St. Louis (KSDK) -- A candlelight vigil will be held Wednesday night to honor a woman and a baby who died tragically on Saturday.

The candlelight vigil will be at 7 p.m. outside the apartment in the 2100 block of South Jefferson where Breiana Ray, her mother Gwendolyn Ray and 10-month-old Aiden Lawson died.

Police said the mother and daughter were shot inside the apartment and then the building was set on fire.  Lawson died of smoke inhalation.

A three-year-old girl survived, but is being treated for smoke inhalation.

The visitation will be held in Belleville at Serenity Memorial Chapel at 10 a.m. Monday.  Funeral services will follow at noon.  They will be buried at Sunset Gardens Cemetery in Milstadt, Illinois.

Police said Eric Lawson, 23, confessed to the crimes.  He is charged with 12 counts, including first-degree murder and arson.

KSDK