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Suspect in Fort Worth double homicide taken into custody in Tennessee

The 37-year-old man is accused in a mother & daughter murder, which happened at an east Fort Worth apartment Friday afternoon.

Fort Worth — Fort Worth Police confirm the man sought in the killing of a woman and her daughter in east Fort Worth has been taken into custody in another state.

Paige Lawyer was arrested outside of Nashville, Tenn. around 7 p.m. Sunday, according to jail records.

It wasn't immediately clear how long it would take to return him to Tarrant County.

The 37-year-old was already facing charges of assault-family violence and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in which Otishae Womack, 30, was the victim, court documents said.

Womack and her daughter, Kamyria, were found dead at their apartment in the 200 block of Shady Lane Drive in the Woodhaven area Friday.

Police said Lawyer will face a capital murder charge.

In the previous cases involving Lawyer and Womack, which are still active, he was accused of assaulting her with his car and choking her, according to the court documents.

Womack's daughter attended Morningside Elementary School in Fort Worth, the school district confirmed.

“We are extremely saddened by this tragic event and we will do all we can to assist students, faculty and parents affected by this tragedy," Fort Worth school district spokesman Clint Bond said in a statement.

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