Two Georgia men will spend the rest of their lives in prison for sexually abusing their two adopted sons.
According to FOX 5 Atlanta, Zachary and William Zulock were sentenced to 100 years in prison without the chance of parole after pleading guilty to multiple charges of aggravated child abuse and exploitation. District Attorney Randy McGinley from the Alcovy Judicial Circuit stated that the sentencing occurred on December 19.
In July 2022, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) acted on a tip from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children about suspected child sexual abuse material uploaded from a Walton County IP address.
Investigators linked the materials to the Zulock residence and uncovered evidence of extensive abuse.
NBC News reports that investigators learned that one of the defendants “was producing homemade child sexual abuse material with at least one child living in the home with the perpetrator,” the sheriff’s office previously said.
After confirming the identities of the children and the defendants, detectives executed a search warrant at the Zullock’s home in Oxford.
DailyMail reports that the defendants were sodomizing young boys they adopted ”through a now defunct Christian agency.”
“These two defendants truly created a house of horrors and put their extremely dark desires above everything and everyone else,” McGinley said. “William and Zachary Zulock will now spend 100 years in prison without parole. This all but guarantees that the victims will not have to worry as they grow older about their abusers being free.”
In 2018, the couple adopted their two sons, even though Zachary Zuttock had been reportedly accused of raping a boy in 2011. The accusation was reported to police, but prosecutors declined to file charges.
Co-defendants in the case included Hunter Lawless, who admitted guilt to sexual exploitation of children, and Luis Vizcarro-Sanchez, who was found guilty of pandering and unrelated computer theft charges.
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[Feature Photo: Zachary and William Zullock/Instagram]
