Zachary Latham ka naam pehli baar May 2020 mein charcha mein aaya, jab unhone apne padosi, William Durham Sr., ka New Jersey ke Vineland sheher mein chaku maar kar hatya kar di thi. Yeh ghatna TikTok par post kiye gaye videos ke baad hui thi, jisme Latham aur Durham parivaar ke beech tanav dikhaya gaya tha. Latham ne dawa kiya ki yeh sab apne aap ko bachane ke liye kiya gaya tha, aur April 2023 mein, jury ne unhe sabhi aaropon se bari kar diya.
Is faisle ke baad, Latham Florida chale gaye. Lekin wahan bhi unka vivad se nata nahi toota. January 2021 mein, unhe ek road rage ghatna ke chalte giraftar kiya gaya, jahan unpar aarop tha ki unhone ek dusre driver ko bandook dikhai aur unki gaadi ko takkar marne ki koshish ki.
October 2023 mein, Latham ko phir se Florida mein giraftar kiya gaya. Is baar unpar aggravated stalking, sexual voyeurism, aur restraining order ka ulanghan karne ke aarop lage. Court records ke mutabik, jail mein hote hue bhi, Latham ne peedit vyakti ko 26 baar phone kiya, halanki peedit ne jail ke number ko block kar rakha tha. Aarop yeh bhi hai ki Latham ne peedit ke sath sambandh ke dauran chhupkar video banaya aur usse peedit ke mata-pita aur kam se kam ek anya vyakti ko bheja.
In sabhi ghatnaon se yeh spasht hota hai ki Latham ka vyavhar lagatar vivadon aur kanuni samasyaon ka karan bana hai. New Jersey mein hatya ke aarop se bari hone ke baad bhi, unka vyavhar sudharne ke bajaye aur adhik gambhir hota gaya. Florida mein unke khilaf naye aarop unki peedit ke prati asamvedansheel aur apraadhik vyavhar ko darshate hain.
Aaj, Latham Florida ke Lee County jail mein band hain, aur unke khilaf naye aaropon par sunwai jaari hai. Unka yeh safar ek chintajankak udaharan hai ki kaise ek vyakti, jo pehle hi kanuni chakravyooh se guzar chuka hai, apne vyavhar ko na sudharne ke karan aur bhi gehri kanuni musibaton mein phans sakta hai.
Yeh dekhna ab baki hai ki aage aane wale kanuni prakriya mein Latham ka bhavishya kya hota hai, lekin itna to nishchit hai ki unka vartaman jeevan jail ki salakhon ke peeche hi beet raha hai.