Girl Sentenced for Stabbing Demise of Dad and mom for Wanting Her to Transfer Out, Then Going Procuring

Christina Anne Adams, 33, was convicted on April 16 on one cost of first-degree premeditated homicide and one cost of tried first-degree homicide with a lethal weapon. She was subsequently sentenced to 2 life sentences, per a press launch from the State Legal professional’s Workplace.

“Our basic responsibility is to hunt justice, and in pursuing this aim, we try to offer closure for the victims and their households whereas making certain accountability for these accountable,” mentioned Fifth Judicial Circuit Chief Assistant State Legal professional Walter Forgie within the launch. “As we speak, as troublesome because it has been for the victims and their households, I imagine we’ve gotten simply that.”

The Marion County Sheriff’s Workplace grew to become concerned once they obtained a name of a stabbing at roughly 8:03 a.m. on September 16, 2022. Once they arrived on the scene, they found two victims, Richard Langer, 74, and Sally Langer, each with a number of stab wounds.

Whereas receiving assist on the scene, Richard instructed officers that it was his daughter who had stabbed them each, per the discharge. Adams was subsequently picked up after an APB whereas in her car along with her spouse.

The spouse, who has not been recognized, reportedly instructed police that she had completed working some errands simply earlier than assembly up with Adams on the grocery retailer. She instructed police, per the discharge, that she “didn’t discover something out of the norm for the defendant nor did the defendant point out any altercation prior.”

Nonetheless, police found that Adams’ model of the occasions that day didn’t align along with her spouse’s. The press launch states that after additional questioning by authorities, the defendant admitted that she’d attacked each victims “after getting upset for being instructed she’d have to maneuver out.”

“These mindless acts of violence are stunning to all of us,” Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods mentioned. “I am very pleased with my deputies and detectives that labored so shortly to not solely present assist to the victims however, additionally to seize such an evil individual and make sure that our streets are secure after Adams’ arrest.”

In response to the Miami HeraldAdams was on the time dwelling in a transformed studio condo on her dad and mom’ property. Her residence was bodily separated from the primary home, per the arrest affidavit filed by the Marion County Sheriff’s Workplace and reviewed by the newspaper.

In her assertion to police, Adams mentioned that her father had instructed her a number of months prior that she would want to maneuver out of the condo in order that one other sibling might transfer in. On the morning of September 16, 2022, based on the affidavit, he instructed her she wanted to be out the subsequent day.

Adams allegedly detailed her actions, per the doc, stating that she went again to the place she was dwelling, placed on gloves and shoe covers and grabbed a “taser pen” and knife. She then returned to the primary home.

In response to the affidavit, Adams mentioned she discovered her father sitting at his laptop together with his again to her, telling police she shocked him first earlier than stabbing him within the arm. When her mom entered the room to see what the commotion was, per the doc, Adams mentioned she stabbed her within the chest. She then instructed police she turned again to her father and stabbed him a number of occasions within the chest.

The defendant then instructed police, per their report, that she threw her clothes within the wash and cleaned the knife with bleach earlier than heading out to fulfill her spouse on the grocery retailer.

Whereas she was gone, her father managed to name 911, telling them that his daughter had stabbed him and his spouse and asking them to rush as his spouse was “fading quick.” They had been each transported to the hospital in crucial situation, the place they underwent surgical procedure earlier than Richard’s loss of life two days later.

After she was picked up by police, Adams purportedly instructed them, per the courtroom filings, that she did not have a plan as to what to do with the our bodies of her dad and mom — whom she believed had been each useless on the time. She additionally mentioned she had an undiagnosed psychological well being situation and had suffered abuse in her previous, per police.

Richard Langer is survived by his spouse, 9 kids, and 18 grandchildren, based on his obituarywhich additionally described him as “a veteran, a pilot, an teacher, a mentor, a pal, and an all-around wonderful human being.”