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Where Is Susan Lorincz Now?
Lorincz pleaded not guilty at trial, putting a spotlight on Florida’s controversial “stand your ground” self-protection law that permits deadly force if a person, per the statute, “reasonably believes that using or threatening to use such force is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm.”
But Lorincz was convicted of manslaughter on Aug. 16, 2024. She was sentenced Nov. 25 to 25 years in prison.
“I find that the shooting was completely unnecessary,” Marion County Circuit Court Judge Robert Hodges said in court. “In this case, Ms. Lorincz was behind the door. The door was locked.”
Lorincz is currently serving her time at Homestead Correctional Institution in Florida City, according to the Florida Department of Corrections, which lists her release date as April 8, 2048.
“I am so sorry I took AJ’s life,” Lorincz said at her sentencing hearing. “I never intended to kill her. I am just profoundly sad. Not only did a mother die but a daughter, a sister, I think of your family’s loss.”
She maintains she feared for her life that night, telling ABC affiliate WCJB from prison in September 2025, “I never even saw the shot. I was just so terrified. I remember I was shaking, I was crying. It was horrible.”
Asked if she was capable of manslaughter, she said no.
“It just makes me sick, what happened,” Lorincz said. “I just never, ever thought in a million years this would happen. It breaks my heart…I wish I could change things.”
