AA Member Louis Ephraim Wilson III who was sentenced to life in prison for the brutal murder of Tracy Lynn Baldwin, that he met at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. On December 19th 2012 he died in prison. Another woman murdered by a man she met at an AA meeting. How many rapes and murders by AA members do there have to be for somebody does something to put a stop to it?
Chatham Woman’s Killer Dies Two Years Into Life Sentence
WCHL News Reporting December 28th 2012
Louis Ephraim Wilson III, who was serving a life sentence for the 2007 murder of a Chatham County woman, has died in prison at age 34.
In his obituary, family members remember Wilson for his sense of humor and love of the outdoors.
Wilson was incarcerated at the Maury Correctional Institution at the time of his death. According to his obituary, he died in his sleep on December 19.
Here is an article when he was sentenced
Wilson gets life without parole
Louis Ephraim Wilson III was sentenced Friday to life without parole after being convicted of first-degree murder in the bludgeoning death of Tracey Baldwin in May 2007. Baldwin, 38, was attacked and brutally beaten in her home in Chatham Subdivision. An autopsy revealed she had been sexually assaulted, strangled, bound with fishing line and bludgeoned to death. An investigation by the Chatham County Sheriff’s office and the SBI produced DNA, phone records and fraudulent transactions with the victim’s credit cards that tied Wilson to the crime.
http://www.carrborocitizen.com/main/2010/03/18/life-without-parole/
I knew both of these people. Tracy will always be a part of my heart. She was beautiful, kind, honest, giving, athletic, authentic, bright, and had the sweetest voice and most gracious personality.
I also knew Lou. When Lou was doing very well in the rooms and in his life. It wasn’t until later, he began a cycle of relapsing and he began to appear unbalanced mentally. Seen having conversations with himself. We all began to notice and then he took our beloved Tracy. This snowballed quickly and Tracy was stepping away from Lou, beginning to put necessary distance between them.
I don’t know what made me think of them, more so, Tracy, tonight. In googling how Lou died, I ran across this information.
I, personally, have never known of any other murders within the rooms. Disheartening to even think about. I do know many, however, who have ended their own lives either accidentally or intentionally.
The fact remains, although, that just because someone is in recovery it doesn’t mean they are going to be subjected to their own demise by the hands of a fellow member. This horrible action happens everywhere and can happen to anyone. Unacceptable and destructive as it is.
I remember when they first met.
I will never forget the heartbreak and heartache so many of us felt at this sudden, unnecessary and brutal loss.
Hi Cora, thanks for giving some background on this horrific tragedy. I will say though that the rooms are uniquely dangerous to these violent outcomes and this is not an isolated incident. Nor is the rampant sexual assaults and other abuses you can research on this website. Like you mentioned there is also many AA and NA members that commit suicide, often times because they were told to stop taking their medicine and blame them for the bad things that happened to them by asking them what their part was in it. Including sexual assault as a child!
Damn, this poor woman goes to AA to get help, where society including AA tells you it is a safe place. Instead she gets raped, strangled, bludgeoned to death. Well now she is on the growing list of women murdered by men they met in Alcoholics Anonymous.
Hopefully Tracy Lynn Baldwin death will not be in vain. Her murder will help bring justice to all the victims of AA members and NA members, and start preventing these gruesome killings.