Georgia father, 36, charged with murder of daughters aged one and three after ‘locking them in car and setting it on fire’
- Adan Tzoyohua Panzo, 36, was charged with murder, premeditated murder and arson
- When the fire was extinguished, firefighters found Panzo’s daughters dead in the vehicle
- The father-of-two was arrested following allegations he set fire to the vehicle following a domestic dispute with his wife
A Georgia father has been arrested for killing his toddler daughters after setting them on fire in a car following an argument with his wife.
Adan Tzoyohua Panzo, 36, was charged with murder, malice murder and arson, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
On Saturday, deputies from the Webster County Sheriff’s Office and Fire Department and emergency responders responded to a report of a car fire at a home on Millard Kennedy Road in Preston.
Adan Tzoyohua Panzo, 36, was charged with murder, malice murder and arson, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
Once the fire was extinguished, firefighters discovered Panzo’s young children, a girl ages one and three, dead in the vehicle.
The father-of-two was arrested following allegations he set fire to the vehicle following a domestic dispute with his wife. The children’s mother has not yet been identified.
Panzo is being held in the Webster County Jail.
News of the gruesome incident spread like wildfire in the close-knit community.
A resident of the community told the locals WALB News: ‘I don’t know how quickly the fire broke out or whether or not they suffered… I don’t know, it’s just very sad to hear.’
The person added: “If that was my mother it would break her.”
The gruesome case is an active investigation involving GBI agents, the State Fire Marshal’s Office and the Webster County Sheriff’s Office.
The community of Preston is a small rural county in Southwest Georgia and was formed on December 16, 1853 from part of neighboring Stewart County Georgia, according to the Webster County Homepage.
According to a 2000 census, the city had a population of 453, inclusive 190 households and 129 families.
The children’s mother has not yet been identified