{"id":236205,"date":"2025-10-19T11:38:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T11:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/236205\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T11:38:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T11:38:15","slug":"where-is-susan-lorincz-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/236205\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Is Susan Lorincz Now?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix\u2019s chilling true-crime documentary \u201cThe Perfect Neighbor\u201d unravels the tragic murder of Ajike \u201cAJ\u201d Owens and the story behind her killer, Susan Lorincz.<\/p>\n<p>Through police bodycam footage, filmmaker Geeta Gandbhir unpacks the events that took place before and after Lorincz, a white woman, fatally shot Owens, a Black mother of four, in Ocala, Florida, back in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Perfect Neighbor,\u201d which was titled after words Lorincz used to describe herself when questioned by police, not only explores Owens\u2019 killing but also the dynamics of the two\u2019s relationship as well as Lorincz\u2019s alleged racial prejudice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/powerwomensummit2025.splashthat.com\/Creators\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"970\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760873895_355_PWS-970-x-250-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7867003\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The film garnered critical acclaim when it made its world premiere in January at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, where Gandbhir took home the festival\u2019s Best Documentary Director award.<\/p>\n<p>What happened?<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a class=\"the-wrap-read-more__image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/2025-academy-museum-gala-red-carpet-photos\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Untitled-14-1.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"5th Annual Academy Museum Gala\"   data-portal-copyright=\"TheWrap\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lorincz fatally shot Owens on June 2, 2023 after the two got into a dispute over Owens\u2019 children playing in a grassy area in the neighborhood near both of their homes. At the time of the shooting, Owens was confronting Lorincz about throwing objects and allegedly yelling racial slurs at Owens\u2019 children. <\/p>\n<p>Lorincz claimed she acted in self-defense under Florida\u2019s \u201cstand your ground\u201d when she shot Owens, saying she feared for her life. However, she shot Owens through her closed door, which prosecutors used to argue that Lorincz wasn\u2019t in imminent danger. <\/p>\n<p>Where is Susan Lorincz now?<\/p>\n<p>Lorincz is now serving 25 years in a South Florida prison for the shooting death of Owens. Lorincz was found guilty of manslaughter with a firearm on Aug. 16, 2024. She was sentenced on Nov. 25, 2024. She filed an appeal of her conviction in January 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Check the trailer below<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a class=\"the-wrap-read-more__image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/serial-killer-movies-to-watch-after-monster-ed-gein-story\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/zodiac-jake-gyllenhaal.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"zodiac-jake-gyllenhaal\"   data-portal-copyright=\"TheWrap\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Netflix\u2019s chilling true-crime documentary \u201cThe Perfect Neighbor\u201d unravels the tragic murder of Ajike \u201cAJ\u201d Owens and the story&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":236206,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[130874,88,206,217,129850,130875],"class_list":["post-236205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-ajike-aj-owens","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-netflix","tag-susan-lorincz","tag-the-perfect-neighbor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}