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BECKHAM COUNTY, Oklahoma (May 26, 2022)  – Yesterday, a Beckham County District Judge sentenced Taylor Dale Lambert, 31, to Life in Prison for the death of a one-year-old in November 2020. Lambert was convicted of First Degree Murder by a Beckham County Jury on March 31, 2022.
 
On November 14, 2020, the Sayre Police Department requested assistance from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) to investigate the suspicious death of Kasthon Ashley that same day. Lambert called 9-1-1 and the one-year-old was transported by ambulance to Great Plains Memorial Hospital in Elk City. Kashton was pronounced deceased at the hospital. Lambert was the boyfriend of Kashton’s mother at the time of his death.
 
After an extensive investigation by OSBI agents, a felony arrest warrant was issued for Lambert in May 2021. Sayre police officers and Department of Wildlife Game Wardens took him into custody without incident at the Sayre Police Department. Lambert was transported to the Beckham County Sheriff’s Office where he remained through his trial.
 
Lambert will be transferred to the Oklahoma Department of Corrections to serve out his sentence.

*** Lambert's booking photo is attached. ***