The trial of a man accused of breaking into an Acworth home and killing a firefighter and his wife continues Wednesday in Cobb County, following emotional testimony from the suspect’s parents about the moments before they learned their son was a murder suspect.
Matthew Lanz is charged with killing Justin and Amber Hicks after allegedly breaking into their home.
During Tuesday’s proceedings, prosecutors played police interviews with Lanz’s parents, Teresa and Scott, who described being stunned when officers told them their college-aged son was the suspect in their neighbors’ double homicide.
Teresa Lanz bent over in tears and her husband buried his head in his hands as they heard the news inside a Cobb County police room. They told investigators that while Matthew and his brother had shown some sort of fixation with the Hicks’ house, they did not believe Matthew knew who lived there…