Watch: 'The Perfect Neighbor': How Susan Lorincz Killing Ajike Owens Reignited "Stand Your Ground" DebateSusan Lorincz isn't the only person in her family with notoriety. While the 61-year-old has found herself in the spotlight following the release of the Netflix documentary The Perfect Neighbor-which chronicles the events that led to her fatally shooting her neighbor Ajike "AJ" Owens in June 2023-her sister Ellyn Lorincz has also had her own brush with the law. Authorities made multiple visits to Ellyn's home beginning in October 2023-according to an arrest report obtained by local outlet WCJB-before she was arrested and charged with felony child neglect the following August, according to the court docket viewed by E! News. Prior to her arrest, the 57-year-old had custody of a 9-year-old boy with autism, though officers determined she repeatedly failed to give him food, supervision and medication, the outlet said citing the arrest report. Her home also allegedly contained significant cat feces, mold and easily-reachable needles. Ellyn also told detectives in the case that she didn't want to continue caring for the boy, WCJB reported from the arrest report.readNBA's Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier and More Arrested in Gambling Investigation With Mob TiesThe State Attorney's Office interviewed the boy and determined a conviction at trial was unlikely, according to a court filing obtained by the Ocala Star-Banner. The child neglect charge was dropped in October 2024, E! News confirmed from court records. The case is closed. E! News has reached out to Ellyn's lawyer for comment but has not heard back.

Doug Engle/Ocala Star-Banner via AP, PoolAs for Susan's case, she was ultimately found guilty of manslaughter in November 2024 and is currently serving a 25-year sentence at Homestead Correctional Institution in Florida City. She is currently set for release on April 8, 2048, according to the Florida Department of Corrections. And although Susan, 61, maintains she was afraid for her life the night she shot and killed her neighbor, she admitted to wishing things had unfolded differently. "I just never, ever thought in a million years this would happen," she told ABC affiliate WCJB in an interview from prison in September 2025. "It breaks my heart...I wish I could change things."For more on The Perfect Neighbor, keep reading.

Courtesy of NetflixWho was Ajike Owens?Ajike "AJ" Owens, 35, lived with her children Isaac, Israel, Africa and Titus in Ocala, Fla. They were between 12 and 3 when their mom died. "My daughter, Ajike, was joyful, vibrant and devoted to her four children," Owens' mother Pam Dias told CNN in October 2025. "She was supermom. She was the football mom...

She worked hard to provide a better life for them." Owens was a McDonald's manager and, as seen in Netflix's The Perfect Neighbor, another resident of her neighborhood told deputies she "sacrificed" so they could attend private school and do activities like dance and gymnastics.

Courtesy of NetflixWho Is Susan Lorincz?Susan Louise Lorincz lived across the street from Owens in Ocala. As seen in sheriff's deputy body cam footage in The Perfect Neighbor, the now-61-year-old said she worked from home, where she lived alone. Her younger sister Ellen Lorincz testified during Lorincz's 2024 criminal trial that their family had a "history of mental health issues" and their father was "physically, emotionally and sexually abusive to all of us." Friend Crystal Maksou testified that Lorincz was "always working," but also sang at church and "baked for us and cooked for us for many years." Asked if Lorincz was "violent or aggressive," Maksou's answer was no. "It's almost the opposite of the person I know," Maksou told the court. "She was very much a giver, and during this friendship I learned from her how to treat people."Courtesy of NetflixWhy Did Susan Lorincz Call the Police So Many Times?Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods said at a news conference after Owens was killed that his department received "six to eight" reports of incidents involving the victim and Lorincz. During one of their trips to Lorincz's house at 1662 Southwest 107th Lane, as seen in The Perfect Neighbor, deputies spoke with Owens after Lorincz accused the woman of throwing a yard sign at her. Owens told deputies Lorincz was "basically like ramming the sign in my face." When Lorincz "went to pick it back up," she continued, "I picked the sign up and I threw the sign...I did toss it, I'm not gonna lie." But multiple neighbors told the deputies that Owens did not throw the sign at Lorincz, one saying, per the footage, "I will say that that lady is always messing with people's kids. She's always trying to record the kids and always talking crap."Courtesy of NetflixLorincz-who, like Owens, was one of the many renters on the block-told a deputy during this encounter that "real estate laws" dictated "the right to peaceful quiet enjoyment of your property" and the kids "shouldn't be screaming and runn