Pamela Dias stood in court and spoke not just as a grieving mother but as the voice of a family irreparably altered. “Our hopes, dreams, and future plans died the night Susan Lorincz killed my daughter,” she told the court. Her daughter, Ajike “AJ” Owens, a mother of four, was shot and killed by Lorincz in a case that sparked discussions about race, neighborhood disputes, and the boundaries of self-defense in Florida. Lorincz was sentenced to 25 years in prison after being convicted of manslaughter.

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