Justin and Amber Hicks were killed in their home by Matthew Lanz as the couple's toddler was asleep upstairs Samira Asma-Sadeque is a legal reporter at PEOPLE's crime desk. He work also appears in The ...

Lanz receives two life sentences without parole plus additional prison terms Judge expresses sympathy for the Hicks family and stresses commitment to justice Evidence included DNA, surveillance video, ...

COBB COUNTY, Ga. — The man convicted in the 2021 shooting deaths of a young Cobb County couple was sentenced to two life sentences without the possibility of parole on Friday. Matthew Lanz was a UGA ...

A judge found Matthew Scott Lanz guilty of murdering neighbors Justin and Amber Hicks, concluding an emotional bench trial centered on forensic evidence and Lanz’s mental health history. Testimony ...

COBB COUNTY, Ga. — A judge is waiting to sentence the man who murdered a husband and wife, leaving their 2-year-old alone in the house for hours with their bodies. Cobb County Superior Court Judge ...

Dan Raby, the senior digital producer for CBS News Atlanta, has been covering everything happening around Georgia for more than a decade. A Cobb County judge found a Georgia man guilty on all charges ...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A Cobb County judge found a man guilty Thursday of shooting and killing his Acworth neighbors. It was a bench trial, so there was no jury. Matthew Lanz was ...

Before the State rested its case in Matthew Lanz's trial the court saw footage of Lanz's police interview and in-car patrol footage of Lanz. Editorial: Another daylight robbery of the U.S. Treasury ...

26-year-old University of Georgia student, Matthew Lanz (right) was found guilty of murder in the killings of Cherokee County firefighter Justin Hicks and his wife Amber inside their home on Nov. 17, ...

COBB COUNTY, Ga. — The state has rested its case in the trial of Matthew Lanz, who is accused of killing a firefighter and his wife in Cobb County. Prosecutors spent three days presenting evidence ...