Guy Heinze Jr. took the nation by storm when it came out that he’d killed his father and seven members of his extended family in a mobile home they collectively shared. In October 2013, Heinze was found guilty on eight counts of malice murder. In the state of Georgia, malice murder is considered a felony offence and is described as a homicide that is done with the express or implied desire to do evil. Heinze was only 26 when he was sentenced for the killings that took place four years earlier, in 2009.
In recent years Guy Heinze Jr. has made headlines with his attempts to request a new trial and appeal his conviction – as recently as 2021. But before we discuss Heinze’s current situation with the Supreme Court and their ruling, let’s take a look back at the atrocious crime he committed.
Guy Heinze Jr. is classified as a mass murderer due to the fact that he took the lives of eight individuals in one fell swoop. He was born in 1987, and there isn’t much information out there about his childhood – and what he may have suffered leading up to that fateful day in August. We do know that his mother wasn’t included in the brutal murders, but
Sources:
Murderpedia: https://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/heinze-guy.htm
Forensic Tales: https://forensictales.com/guy-heinze-jr/
The Florida Times-Union: https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/crime/2009/09/01/stub-1847/15975006007/
https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/crime/2012/05/29/guy-heinze-jr-re-indicted-2009-deaths-his-father-7-others-brunswick/15865446007/
News 4: https://www.news4jax.com/news/2013/10/29/verdict-doesnt-give-grieving-mother-peace/
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