Christina Anne Adams (Fifth Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office).
A 33-year-old woman in Florida will spend the remainder of her days behind bars for killing her father and attempting to kill her mother because they asked her to move out of their home, stabbing both parents inside the residence before fleeing the scene. Judge Timothy McCourt on Wednesday ordered Christina Anne Adams to serve two consecutive sentences of life in a state correctional facility for the murder of her father, Richard Langer, and the attempted murder of her mother, Sally Langer, authorities announced.
“Our fundamental duty is to seek justice, and in pursuing this goal, we strive to provide closure for the victims and their families while ensuring accountability for those responsible,” Fifth Judicial Circuit Chief Assistant State Attorney Walter Forgie said in a statement following the sentencing hearing. “Today, as difficult as it has been for the victims and their families, I believe we’ve gotten just that.”
According to a news release from the Fifth Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office, on Sept. 16, 2022, deputies with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 911 call regarding a stabbing that “had just occurred.”
Upon arriving at the scene, first responders entered a residence in the 100 block of SE 70th Terrace in Ocala, Florida. Once inside the home, deputies located two victims — an adult male and an adult female — both of whom appeared to have suffered multiple stab wounds.
“While rendering aid to both victims, Victim One, who was later identified as Richard Langer, stated to officials that his daughter stabbed them,” the release states. “A law enforcement alert bulletin was issued and shortly later, a traffic stop was conducted on Adams’ vehicle, which was also occupied by her wife.”
Adams and her wife were both taken into custody following the traffic stop. During the subsequent interview, Adams’ wife “relayed to law enforcement that she had just finished running a few errands before meeting the defendant at the grocery store,” prosecutors said.
“She indicated to detectives that she did not notice anything out of the norm for the defendant nor did the defendant mention any altercation prior,” according to prosecutors.
However, when Adams was questioned, detectives said that her recollection of events “did not match up with the statements given by her spouse.”
“[Adams] later told detectives that she was angry over being asked to leave the home that she shared with the victims. Adams stated she retrieved a large knife and then attacked both victims, stabbing them multiple times,” the Marion County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement, per ABC News. “Adams stated after she believed the victims were deceased, she attempted to destroy evidence and then left the location. Adams told detectives that following the attack, she changed her clothing and went shopping.”
However, it was her father who identified her as his assailant just before he died, the Tampa Free Press reported.
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