Investigators said the boys appeared healthy and were attending high school. In a police report, one officer wrote, "They appeared to be unaffected by the amount of clutter and said they had been lazy, which is the reason the house is the way it is."

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Julian Conley listens during opening statements in his trial at Fulton County Superior Court in Atlanta on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. The 25-year-old is accused of fatally shooting 8-year-old Secoriea Turner in July 2020. (Abbey Cutrer/AJC)

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