An Augusta man on parole has turned himself in after being charged with killing his new girlfriend and leaving her body in their home with her young daughters, authorities said.
Davante Parks, 26, is accused of shooting 27-year-old Laquana Lang at her home on 515 Hines Street while her daughters, ages 5 and 2, were upstairs. The residence is located within the Allen Homes subdivision.
The children were reportedly left alone with their mother’s body for at least four hours and had to walk through her blood and crawl over her body to get help from a neighbor.
When officers arrived, they found a gruesome scene, including child-sized footprints in the blood.
Parks had been dropped off at the house around 3:30 a.m. Saturday, and the 5-year-old daughter told officers she heard her “stepdad” arguing with her mom. Authorities were notified hours later, and Lang was pronounced dead at 11:06 a.m. on Saturday.
Parks was wanted and surrendered the next day. He faces charges of murder, two counts of child cruelty, weapon possession and possession of a weapon by a convicted felon. He is being held without bond at the Charles B. Webster Detention Center.
Parks and Lang had started their relationship over the summer, just days after Parks was paroled following an eight-year sentence for a previous shooting.
His parole conditions required him to live with his mother, find employment, avoid street gangs, pay $30 a month to a victim’s compensation fund and stay away from his previous shooting victim.
