A gay couple in the USA has been sentenced to 100 years in prison without parole for raping two boys who they adopted as sons.
The two accused individuals were identified as William and Zachary Zulock.
“They will not be eligible for parole for the entirety of the 100 years. This all but guarantees that the victims will not have to worry as they grow older about their abusers being free,” read a statement posted on Facebook by the Walton County District Attorney’s office.
On July 22, 2022, Walton County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) was contacted by the GBI’s Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes Unit regarding a “Cyber Tip” they had received from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children regarding suspected homemade child sexual abuse material (CSAM) that had been uploaded to a Google account with an IP address in Walton County.
After further investigation, WCSO investigators executed a search warrant at that address.
They met with Hunter Lawless who admitted to receiving and viewing CSAM. Lawless stated that he had received the pictures and videos from “Zach Zulock”.
Lawless later pleaded guilty to Sexual Exploitation of Children and was sentenced to 20 years with the first 12 years in prison and agreed to fully cooperate in any prosecution of the Zulocks.
This led investigators to obtain a search warrant for the Walton County residence where both Zachary and William Zulock lived with the victims.
Investigators learned that the Zulocks had adopted two young boys a few years before the search warrant was executed.
“Both Defendants were interviewed that night. They both admitted to sexually abusing both boys over a period of time,” read a statement issued by the Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s office.
“Numerous pieces of electronic evidence were seized and submitted to the GBI. Surveillance cameras from inside the house contained video of approximately 14 days before the DVR was seized,” the statement said.
This digital analysis took significant time to go through by the experts with the GBI since it contained over 7 terabytes of video.
A thorough analysis found videos of multiple incidents of the Defendants committing sexual abuse in different parts of the house.
“Cell phones were analyzed which contained graphic images and videos of the abuse as well as graphic text and social media messages about the sexual abuse,” the statement said.
The information obtained from the cell phones led to evidence of a Luis Vizcarro-Sanchez receiving messages from Zachary Zulock about sexual abuse of one of the victims.
Vizcarro-Sanchez later pleaded guilty to Pandering for a Person Under 18. At the same time, he pleaded guilty to numerous counts of Computer Theft in which he was stealing from his employer, the Loganville Kroger.
He was sentenced to a total of 60 years with the first 15 years in prison along with a requirement that he testify in any proceeding or trial of the Zulocks.
