GWINNETT COUNTY, GA – A Buford man was convicted of killing his live-in girlfriend and her teen son and leaving their bodies in a locked bedroom while trying to flee to Mexico.

William Jerome Adams, 29, was found guilty of two counts of felony murder and two counts of aggravated assault for the March 2021 shooting deaths of Mary Lindsay, 39, and 15-year-old Atif Muhammad, Jr. Adams was ordered to serve two consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole, the Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office announced on Aug. 1.

“The verdict and sentence are fitting for a defendant who violently took the life of a mother and son and stole from them,” District Attorney Patsy Austin-Gatson said. “We mourn with the victims’ family and hope that the outcome of the trial gives them some

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