A Cobb County courtroom heard chilling police footage showing Matthew Lanz making unprompted statements about the 2021 murders of his neighbors just two days after their deaths.

What’s Happening: During the third day of his bench trial, prosecutors played video of Lanz in a Sandy Springs police cruiser asking about whether Amber Hicks was pregnant when he killed her and her husband Justin. At the time of his arrest, Sandy Springs officers were responding to an unrelated home break-in and officer stabbing.

What’s Important: The footage captures Lanz unprompted asking officers about a pregnancy that didn’t exist. He told police he felt “terrible about knowing that there was a baby in that woman’s body” and repeatedly asked if “the lady” was pregnant, even though officers hadn’t mentioned

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