Overview
- Police and neighbor accounts say Susan Lorincz fired a single .380 round through her locked front door on June 2, 2023, killing unarmed 35-year-old Ajike “AJ” Owens as her 10-year-old son stood beside her.
- A Marion County jury found Lorincz guilty of manslaughter on August 16, 2024, and a judge sentenced her to 25 years on November 25, calling the shooting completely unnecessary.
- Lorincz, 61, is incarcerated at Homestead Correctional Institution in South Florida with a projected release date of April 8, 2048, according to the Florida Department of Corrections.
- Sheriff Billy Woods said Stand Your Ground did not apply, described the act as simply a killing, and explained the four-day arrest delay as evidence-gathering in a self-defense jurisdiction.
- The Perfect Neighbor, built from bodycam, 911 and interrogation footage, has revived public interest, raised ethical questions about using traumatic recordings, and highlighted unresolved claims about Lorincz calling herself “Dr. Lorincz.”