Indiana Man Gets 4 Life Sentences in Killing of Girlfriend, 3 Children

FORT WAYNE, Ind.—An Indiana man convicted of killing his girlfriend and her three younger kids was sentenced Friday to 4 life sentences with out the potential of parole.

The sentence imposed by Allen County Superior Courtroom Choose Fran Gull happened three months after a jury discovered Cohen Hancz-Barron, 22, of Fort Wayne, responsible of 4 counts of first-degree homicide. The jury, on the request of prosecutors, had really useful a sentence of life with out parole.

“I can recall no circumstance this courtroom has witnessed that was as horrific as this crime,” Gull stated.

Hancz-Barron selected to not attend the listening to, The (Fort Wayne) Journal Gazette reported.

Throughout the seven-day trial, prosecutors offered proof that in June 2021 Hancz-Barron used a knife to kill Sarah Nicole Zent, 26; her sons, 5-year-old Carter Matthew Zent and 3-year-old Ashton Duwayne Zent; and her 2-year-old daughter, Aubree Christine Zent, of their Fort Wayne residence.

All 4 died of stab wounds, and the mom was additionally strangled, the Allen County coroner stated. A motive stays unclear.