Accused murderers arraigned

Two Shelton men charged in connection with the murder of 19-year-old Izaiha Fryer pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in arraignments Tuesday before Judge Monty Cobb in Mason County Superior Court.

Adrian E. Martinez-Lawson, 18, and Jack W. Evans, 19, both appeared by video from jail.

Several of Fryer’s family members were in the courtroom watching the proceedings.

The next hearing for Evans and Martinez-Lawson will be March 10.

Martinez-Lawson shot and killed Fryer at Fryer’s home in Shelton while accomplice Evans looked on, court documents allege.

Witnesses including the victim’s mother, who viewed surveillance video of the alleged suspects, identified Martinez-Lawson and Evans, a Shelton Police Department probable cause document states.

Woman allegedly disposed of murder weapon

A Shelton woman says she threw a gun off the High Steel Bridge that was allegedly

used to murder Fryer, according to court documents.

Kassady Burrow, 19, was arrested for first-degree rendering criminal assistance,

possession of a stolen firearm and tampering with physical evidence Feb. 10.

Burrow is the girlfriend of Adrian E. Martinez-Lawson, 18, who shot Fryer at Fryer’s Shelton home while accomplice Jack W. Evans,19, looked on, court documents allege.

Martinez-Lawson and Evans are in custody, both charged with second-degree murder.

Police responded to Fryer’s home Feb. 3 after Fryer’s friend, who was staying at the house, called 911 to report a shooting. When officers arrived, they found Fryer deceased, according to court records.

On Feb. 5, a detective listening to jail phone calls heard Martinez-Lawson tell Burrow, “They got the Smith and Wesson, both of them,” and Burrow responds, “Nope,” Shelton Police Department Det. Corp. M. Gettle wrote in the probable cause document.

Martinez-Lawson asks again if they got them and Borrow said, “It’s under control, everything is handled,” the document states.

“You have me to thank, like I said everything is fine, taken care of,” Burrow said.

“I love you,” Martinez-Lawson said.

“I love you more,” Burrows responds, according to the probable cause document.

Gettle said he and two other detectives contacted Burrow at the residence she shared with Martinez-Lawson the next day.

Burrow told the detectives Martinez-Lawson didn’t kill Fryer and that Evans was the one who “shot off two rounds,” the probable cause document states.

Evans asked her to “burn” a white ski mask he was allegedly wearing the night of Fryer’s murder, Burrows told detectives. When the detectives asked her what happened to the gun used in the shooting, Burrows said, “It’s gone,” according to the probable cause document.

She “tossed it off the Steel Bridge,” Burrows told police, the document states.

Burrows also showed detectives the fire pit where she burned the mask, according to Gettle.

Burrow repeatedly told detectives she went to the High Steel Bridge alone to dispose of the gun but later changed her story, the probable cause document states.

She said two friends drove her to the bridge.

“Det. Albright asked Kassidy if they knew it was the murder weapon,” Gettle wrote.

They did, she said.

“Det. Albright asked Kassidy if she physically threw it over the Steel Bridge. Kassidy said she did,” according to the document.

Burrow told detectives she removed the mask and the gun from Martinez-Lawson’s truck before police showed up to arrest him after the murder.

Detectives contacted Burrow’s two friends after speaking with her.

Both friends confirmed they rode with Burrow to the bridge, she burned some clothing near the bridge, she showed them a gun and threw something over the bridge, according to the probable cause document.

Burrow told detectives she burned Martinez-Lawson’s “black Martinez roofing hoody and his rocker bible jeans,” Gettle wrote.

Martinez-Lawson was seen on surveillance video wearing the clothes at the time of the murder, according to court documents.

Burrow posted a $5,000 bond and was arraigned Monday before Judge Monty Cobb in Mason County Superior Court.