COBB COUNTY, Ga. (Court TV) — A Georgia man has been convicted of murdering a firefighter and his wife in their new home.

Matthew Lanz reacts to the judge’s verdict in his double murder trial on Nov. 20, 2025. (Court TV)

Matthew Lanz was convicted of multiple charges, including two counts of malice murder in the deaths of Justin Hicks and Amber Hicks, both 31. Prosecutors argued Lanz broke into the home on Nov. 17, 2021, and shot the couple. Their bodies were found the next day. Lanz was also convicted of cruelty to children for leaving the couple’s 2-year-old son in the home alone for hours after the murders. Authorities said the child was unharmed in the incident.

Sentencing is scheduled for Friday, Nov. 21.

Lanz was arrested on Nov. 19 after he allegedly broke into a home in nearb

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