Robert Aaron Long pleaded guilty to four murder counts on Tuesday. He’s accused of killing eight people at multiple Atlanta-area massage businesses.
The majority of the victims were Asian, but prosecutors claims the murders were not hate crimes. Instead, Cherokee County prosecutors said he was trying “to eliminate sources of temptation at businesses where he engaged in sex acts.”
According to the AP, “Long is scheduled to appear again next month in Fulton County, where District Attorney Fani Willis filed notice that she intends to seek what is called a hate crime sentence enhancement.”