A Florida woman who stabbed both of her parents after they told her she had to move out of their shared Ocala home has been sentenced to two life terms.

On Wednesday, April 16, a jury convicted 33-year-old Christina Anne Adams of first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder for the 2022 attack that killed her father, 74-year-old Richard Langer, and severely injured her mother, Sally Langer.

Prosecutors said the confrontation began on Sept. 16, 2022, after Adams’ parents told her she needed to leave the house. In response, Adams retrieved a large knife and stabbed both of them repeatedly. Believing they were dead, she left the scene, changed her clothes, and went shopping.

What she didn’t know was that her father was still alive — long enough to call 911 and identify his own daughter as the attacker. Deputies arrived to find both victims suffering from multiple stab wounds. Richard once again named Adams before he died. Sally survived.

Detectives located Adams soon after, riding in a vehicle with her wife. The spouse later told investigators she had been running errands and had no idea anything was wrong when she met Adams at a grocery store. She said Adams never mentioned a fight or the attack.

Adams initially denied involvement, but her timeline fell apart when she was confronted with discrepancies in her story. She told detectives that anger over being asked to leave the home had driven her to retrieve the knife and attack her parents. Afterward, she said, she tried to destroy evidence before heading out to shop.

The Marion County Sheriff’s Office described the violence as both deliberate and inexplicable. “Adams stated she retrieved a large knife and then attacked both victims, stabbing them multiple times,” the agency said in a statement.

Sheriff Billy Woods was blunt in the aftermath. He called the case “shocking to all of us,” adding that the attacks were “senseless acts of violence.” He praised deputies for responding quickly and securing Adams’ arrest before she could flee.