Gay couple sentenced to 100 years in prison for raping their son

With Jon BrownChristian Post Reporter Thursday, December 26, 2024

A gay Georgia couple who pleaded guilty to aggravated sodomy against their two adopted sons were recently sentenced to 100 years in prison without the possibility of parole.

Zachary and William Zulock, a wealthy couple who adopted two boys with the help of a now-defunct Christian adoption agency, faced numerous other charges, including child molestation, child sexual abuse and incest. Press release From Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney Randy McGinley.

“These two defendants have truly created a house of horrors and placed their extremely dark desires above everything and everyone,” McGinley said.

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“The depth of the defendants’ depravity, no matter how deep, is no greater than the determination of those who fought for justice in this case and the strength of the victims. The determination I have seen in these two young victims over the last two years is truly inspiring.”

Judge Jeffrey L. Foster sentenced both men Dec. 19 to one century in prison, followed by life probation.

In July 2022, the Walton County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia received a “cyber tip” from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children reporting that homemade child pornography had been uploaded to the internet from an IP address in the county; which is about 30 miles east of Atlanta.

After discovering and questioning secondary suspect Hunter Lawless, authorities determined that Lawless had received child sex abuse pornography from a man named “Zach Zulock,” according to the Walton County Sheriff’s Office.

Lawless pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse and was sentenced to 20 years in prison, with the first 12 years to be served. He also agreed to cooperate with any investigation into the Zulocks.

After police searched the Zulocks’ home in nearby Oxford, Georgia, they found evidence that the Zulocks “engaged in sexually abusive acts and videos documenting that abuse,” according to the Walton County Sheriff’s Office.

In messages sent to Lawless on Snapchat, Zachary bragged about the sexual abuse of his son before sending images of the acts, according to The. New York Post. “I’m going to fuck my son tonight. Stay tuned,” he reportedly said.

The Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office claimed that their investigation of the Zulocks’ home and electronic devices provided evidence that they sexually abused their underage adopted son to produce child pornography.

“A thorough analysis found videos of multiple incidents in which the defendants engaged in sexual abuse in different parts of the home,” the district attorney said. “Cell phones containing graphic images and videos of the abuse, as well as graphic text and social media messages regarding sexual abuse, were analyzed.”

2023 investigation An investigation by Townhall revealed more details about the Zulocks, including the fact that Zachary was the focus of a pedophilia investigation in 2011 after he was accused of having sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old boy in Walton County. The investigation was dropped without any charges, but was later reopened following the article in Townhall.

The siblings, then ages 9 and 11, were raised by people who were struggling heroin addicts, a family member told Townhall in 2023. A relative of the children told the press they believed the Zulocks used this information to target vulnerable children.

McGinley praised the work of others who helped bring the Zulocks to justice.

“I am grateful for the hard work of so many individuals to achieve a favorable outcome in this case. The hard work of law enforcement brought an end to the abuse suffered by the victims, and this verdict will help the victims continue their healing process,” he said. “William and Zachary Zulock will now spend 100 years in prison without parole. All this ensures that victims will not have to worry about their abusers being free as they get older.”

The children were removed from the Zulocks’ custody and are “now safe” after the Walton County Department of Family and Children Services picked them up, according to authorities.