Mom Sentenced for Killing Her Kids by Putting Them in Oven, Then Calling Their Dad to Show Him

A Georgia mother who killed her two young sons by putting them in the oven in 2017 will spend the rest of her life in prison.

The sentence was handed down to Lamora Williams on Friday, Nov. 15, after she was convicted of multiple charges, including murder, aggravated assault, cruelty to children, and other related offenses, according to reports from Fox 5 Atlanta, WSB-TV and WKRC.

Williams, then 24, was initially arrested in October 2017 after she claimed to officers that she discovered her 1-and 2-year-old sons dead after leaving them with a caregiver for the day, PEOPLE previously reported, citing Atlanta police. 

Police who responded to the scene found the boys, who were identified as Ja’Karter Penn, 1, and Ke’Yaunte Penn, 2, with burn marks, according to Fox 5 Atlanta.

However, investigators later learned the boys were not left with a caregiver and that Williams, who called 911 that day, had put her two sons in the oven either early that morning or the night before, WSB-TV reports, citing prosecutors. 

The autopsy reports cited by WKRC state the boys died after a “prolonged exposure to heat” from an oven that was tipped over. The reports added that it would “require an extensive amount of time to get to this degree,” per the outlet.

After committing the murders, Williams called the boys’ father through video chat. The father of the boys, Jameel Penn, previously told WSB-TV, “It was like a real horror movie. It was Friday the 13th.”

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He added, “When I saw my kid, how I saw my kid, that’s when I knew what was going on.” 

Penn also spoke with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution at the time, saying, “After I seen what I seen, you know I called the police.”

Williams’ mother previously told Fox 5 Atlanta that she has a history of mental health issues.

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