Georgia couple adopted boy and filmed sexual abuse in ‘House of Horrors’

Georgia couple adopted boy and filmed sexual abuse in ‘House of Horrors’

A Georgia couple was sentenced to 100 years in prison without parole after adopting two boys and sexually abusing them.

William and Zachary Zulock will each spend the rest of their lives behind bars after pleading guilty to aggravated sodomy, aggravated child molestation, incest and child sexual exploitation. Both were sentenced on December 19th.

The couple were arrested in Walton County, Georgia, in 2022 after a suspect in an investigation into child sexual abuse material claimed he had received explicit photos and videos from “Zach Zulock,” the Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office said.

Acting on the tip, police searched the couple’s apartment and discovered that the two men had adopted the two victims. According to prosecutors, both admitted to abusing the boys over a long period of time.

After police seized several devices from the apartment, they found seven terabytes of videos, including several instances in which the defendants abused the victims, as well as cell phone photos and videos of the abuse.

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“These two defendants truly created a house of horrors and placed their extremely dark desires above everything and everyone,” District Attorney Randy McGinley said in a statement. “However, the depth of the defendant’s depravity, as deep as it gets, is no greater than the determination of those who fought for justice and the strength of the victims in this case.” The determination that I have seen over the past two years in this “What I saw with both young victims is truly inspiring.”

If you or someone you know is a victim of sexual abuse, text “STRENGTH” to the Crisis Text Line at 741-741 to be connected to a certified crisis counselor.

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