Daughter convicted of stabbing parents, 1 fatally, after being told she’d have to move out

MARION COUNTY, Fla. (TCN) -- A 33-year-old woman will spend the rest of her life behind bars for fatally stabbing her father and attempting to kill her mother after being told to move out.

The Fifth Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office announced that on April 16, a jury found Christina Adams guilty of first-degree premeditated murder and attempted first-degree murder with a deadly weapon. A judge subsequently sentenced Adams to two life sentences for the murder of 74-year-old Richard Langer and the attempted murder of another victim, identified by the Miami Herald as the defendant’s mother.

According to prosecutors, on Sept. 16, 2022, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office responded to a possible stabbing at a home in Ocala and found the victims with stab wounds. As responders rendered aid, Langer told authorities that his daughter had stabbed them. Law enforcement issued an alert bulletin, and officials performed a traffic stop on Adams’ vehicle. Adams’ wife was also in the car at the time.

Investigators took Adams and her wife into custody for questioning. The spouse reportedly said she had finished errands and then met her wife at the grocery store. Adams’ wife also allegedly said she "did not notice anything out of the norm for the defendant, nor did the defendant mention any altercation prior."

The state attorney’s office said Adams’ statement was not consistent with her wife’s. The defendant eventually admitted that she "attacked both victims after getting upset for being told she’d have to move out."

According to the Miami Herald, Adams was living in a converted studio apartment on her parents’ property. Her father allegedly told her to move out so her other sibling could move in. On the morning of the stabbing, Adams reportedly went to the main house to do laundry, and her father told her she needed to move out by the next day.

Adams allegedly went back into her apartment, put on gloves and shoe covers, and retrieved a "Taser pen" and knife. Adams reportedly said she went back into the main house, shocked her father with the Taser pen, then stabbed him in the arm. Her mother allegedly heard the commotion and went into the room to check on the situation. Then, Adams stabbed her in the chest.

Adams purportedly claimed she then stabbed her father in the chest multiple times and assumed both her parents were dead. Adams allegedly washed the clothes she was wearing and cleaned the knife with bleach before going to the grocery store to meet her wife.

The Miami Herald reports that Langer called 911 to report the stabbing and said his wife was "fading fast." The couple was transported to the hospital, where they underwent surgery. Langer died from his injuries two days later.

Langer was reportedly a veteran and pilot and leaves behind nine children.

In a statement, Fifth Judicial Circuit Chief Assistant State Attorney Walter Forgie said, "Our fundamental duty is to seek justice, and in pursuing this goal, we strive to provide closure for the victims and their families while ensuring accountability for those responsible. Today, as difficult as it has been for the victims and their families, I believe we’ve gotten just that."

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