Gwinnett man convicted for killing girlfriend, teen son, sentenced to life without parole
A Buford man was found guilty of murdering his live-in girlfriend and her teenage son in March 2021, and was sentenced to two consecutive life terms without parole.
William Jerome Adams, 29, was convicted of two counts of felony murder and two counts of aggravated assault for the shooting deaths of Mary Lindsay, 39, and her 15-year-old son, Atif Muhammad, Jr.
The murders happened in their home, where Adams left Lindsay’s 8-year-old son alone for two days.
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“The verdict and sentence are fitting for a defendant who violently took the life of a mother and son and stole from them,” Gwinnett County District Attorney Patsy Austin-Gatson said.
On March 26, 2021, Lindsay’s oldest daughter was called to the house by her mother’s friend to check on Lindsay, who had not been heard from for several days.
The 19-year-old daughter and her 15-year-old sister, who was Muhammad’s twin, did not live with their mother.
