Overview
- Prosecutors say Lanz fatally shot Justin and Amber Hicks inside their Acworth home in 2021 while the couple’s 2-year-old was present.
- A victims’ relative testified that he found the child covered in blood and holding his father’s glasses, and a police sergeant said the boy likely became bloodied by hugging his parents.
- Prosecutors presented surveillance video in court that they say shows Lanz leaving the Hicks’ home before driving to his apartment in Athens.
- Lanz is charged with malice murder, child cruelty and related counts, and prosecutors say a clear motive has not been identified.
- He was arrested the next day after allegedly stabbing a Sandy Springs officer during a burglary call, when responding police shot and wounded him.