Lisa Michelle Lambert, The Murder of Laurie Show : Crime Documentary

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• published: 15 Apr 2016
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Lisa Michelle Lambert is currently incarcerated at Massachusetts Correctional Institute at Framingham, Framingham, Massachusetts serving life without parole for first degree murder of 15 year old Laurie Show. Lambert was convicted on July 20, 1992 for the December 19th, 1991 stalking, and brutal stabbing murder. Investigators for the defense stated that it'd been brought to their attention by those they'd interviwed that "Lisa Lambert was a serious liar and very good at it." Between her various changing stories about the killing, claims against her co-conspirators/killers, and her claims against local police officers who were investigating the murder, Lambert has certainly lived up to those claims. Lambert was previously incarcerated in Cambridge Springs Correctional Facility, Pennsylvania but was transferred to Clinton, New Jersey, then to the Women's Correctional Facility at Baylor, Delaware. Later she was transferred to Framingham, Massachusetts. Lambert's co-conspirators Tabitha Buck was convicted of second degree murder and received a life sentence. Lawrence Yunkin intially received a year in prison under a plea bargain, but that deal fell through because of his perjury and he was sentenced to 10 to 20 years. Yunkin served 12 years and was released in 2004. 1992: Lambert filed post verdict motions claiming that her conviction was "against the weight of the evidence." 1994: The physical findings at the crime scene, the testimony at trial of the defendant, the trial testimony of Hazel Show, the history of ill will between defendant and the victim and the circumstantial evidence developed at trial all lead to the conclusion that defendant was guilty of the murder of Laurie Show. 1996: Lambert filed a lawsuit claiming that prison guard James Eicher had attacked her six times during 1994, and that another official had fondled her. Further, that she was videotaped during a strip search. Eicher was convicted of aggravated indecent assault and sentenced to two years in prison. 1997: Lambert was freed briefly when a federal district judge ruled that Lambert was "actually innocent." A Federal Appeals court overturned the ruling and Lambert was returned to prison. The court found that Lambert had brought her case to the Federal Courts prematurely without exhausting her opportunities for appeal in Pennsylvania. 1997: Lisa Lambert's appeal - DENIED 1998: Conviction upheld, Lambert's claim that she was framed by prosecutors rejected. 1998: Request for release during appeal- DENIED 2003: Eight Law Enforcement Officers cleared of misconduct in Lambert's case. 2005: Appeal to the Supreme Court - Supreme Court refused to hear her case. Incarcerated in Clinton, N.J. Lambert has now exhausted all of her appeals. She will continue to serve out her life sentence. 2007: A Lancaster County judge has determined that a civil lawsuit filed by State Correctional Institution-Cambridge Springs inmate Lisa Michelle Lambert against administrators at the facility for allegedly failing to prevent her from being sexually abused by employees was scheduled to be heard by a jury. 2007: The state of Pennsylvania has decided to settle a lawsuit brought by convicted killer Lisa Michelle Lambert, who claimed she was sexually assaulted by guards at the Cambridge Springs State Correctional Institution. The civil lawsuit had been placed on hold until Lambert had exhausted all of her appeals in her criminal case. The money, $35K, will go to pay court costs, restitution, and if any is left, will go to Lambert's parents, who are raising her and Lawrence Yunkin's daughter.