Boy, 8, Left Alone with Lifeless Our bodies of Murdered Mother and Brother for two Days: DA

William Jerome Adams, 29, (pictured above) was given two consecutive life sentences with out the potential of parole final Friday, after he was discovered responsible of two counts of felony homicide and aggravated assault for the taking pictures deaths of Mary Lindsay, 39, and 15-year-old Atif Muhammad, Jr. (inset above), per the Gwinnett County District Lawyer’s Workplace.

The hunt for Adams started in March 2021, when a buddy of Lindsay known as on the sufferer’s 19-year-old daughter to examine on her, after not listening to from her in a number of days, per the DA. The daughter — who, alongside together with her 15-year-old sister, Muhammad’s twin, did not stay in the home — reportedly crawled via a window to get into the house.

As soon as inside, she discovered her 8-year-old brother “asleep” of their mom’s bed room, earlier than discovering the our bodies of her mom and brother inside one other locked room. It is then she known as the police, who later decided the pair had been killed on March 24 and that “the 8-year-old boy had been alone within the residence and unaware of the deaths for 2 days.”

Shell casings discovered within the bed room the place the our bodies had been discovered allegedly matched ammo present in the principle bed room and a warrant was put out for Adams’ arrest. He was discovered shortly after police in Laredo, Texas arrested him for trying to cross into Mexico “on an assumed title and with out a passport,” mentioned the DA. He additionally allegedly took $2K from Lindsay’s checking account.

Prosecutors mentioned that Muhammad’s twin sister testified that within the weeks earlier than the taking pictures, they discovered a 9mm Luger handgun of their mother’s bed room. After they requested their mom about it, she allegedly mentioned it belonged to Adams.

Further testimony claimed Adams “had a controlling nature and was abusive to Lindsay,” per the DA, as prosecutors reportedly confirmed a photograph Lindsay had despatched herself through e mail of an arm harm he allegedly gave her throughout trial.

“The decision and sentence are becoming for a defendant who violently took the lifetime of a mom and son and stole from them,” DA Patsy Austin-Gatson mentioned in a press release. “We mourn with the victims’ household and hope that the end result of the trial provides them some closure and justice.”