Overview
- Judge Sonja N. Brown imposed multiple concurrent life sentences after finding Lanz guilty on all counts, and he waived his appearance at the sentencing hearing.
- The convictions included malice murder, felony murder, home invasion, aggravated assault, firearm possession during a felony, second-degree cruelty to children, and tampering with evidence.
- Prosecutors said surveillance showed Lanz near the Hicks home, investigators linked a seized handgun to the killings, and DNA tied him to the firearm.
- Investigators testified the couple’s 2-year-old was discovered more than 12 hours later, covered in blood and alone, supporting the child-cruelty count.
- Lanz was arrested the day after the killings following a Sandy Springs break-in in which police say he stabbed an officer before being shot and wounded by another officer.