An Atlanta mother has been sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of murdering her two young sons in a horrific crime.
Lamora Williams, 24, was sentenced on Friday to life without parole, plus an additional 35 years, for the deaths of 1-year-old Ja-Karter Penn and 2-year-old Ke-Yaunte Penn in 2017.
Williams was found guilty of 14 charges, including two counts of murder, for killing her sons.
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On October 13, 2017, she called 911 in distress, claiming she had returned from work after being away for 12 hours and found her children dead.
In her frantic 911 call, Williams told dispatchers,
Can you please help me? I don’t want to get locked up because this is not my fault.
She described finding her sons’ bodies in a gruesome scene, with one of them under a stove and the other on the floor.
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The boys’ father, Jameel Penn, also made a 911 call after receiving a video call from Williams, where he saw the bodies of his children.
He described the scene as “like a real horror movie,” adding that he immediately knew something was terribly wrong.
Authorities later determined that Williams had intentionally killed her sons by placing them inside an oven and turning it on sometime between midnight and 11 p.m. on October 13.
Though initial reports suggested the boys suffered severe burns, an autopsy revealed their heads were found in a tipped-over oven, indicating a different cause of death.
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A third child, Jameel Penn Jr., reportedly witnessed the killings. Williams’ mother told reporters that her daughter had a history of mental health issues and may have “snapped” after her separation from Penn. However, a jury convicted Williams, rejecting her defense of mental illness.
Williams now faces life behind bars for the tragic deaths of her young children.
