As the execution date nears for a Georgia man convicted of killing two real estate agents, the mother of one victim is remembering the women who were murdered while simply doing their jobs, and the risks that real estate professionals still face.Barring a last-minute judicial stay or executive clemency, Stacey Ian Humphreys, 53, is scheduled for execution on Sept.16 at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson.On Nov.
3, 2003, Lori Brown, 21, and Cynthia "Cyndi" Williams, 33, were working from a model-home office inside the Oakwind subdivision, a rapidly growing, upscale residential development in Powder Springs, when Humphreys fatally shot them.The office welcomed prospective buyers, making interactions with unfamiliar visitors a routine part of their professions.74-YEAR-OLD BECOMES FLORIDA'S OLDEST INMATE EXECUTED AFTER 1982 KILLING OF TEENCyndi Williams and Lori Brown.(Cobb County Superior Court)Williams returned to the office after lunch and encountered Humphreys first.
Brown arrived shortly afterward and unknowingly walked into an armed robbery already underway.Humphreys held the women at gunpoint, made them strip, and killed them before fleeing with their ATM cards.There was no evidence of sexual assault.Ed Greathouse, a retired supervisory investigator with the Cobb County Judicial Circuit who assisted the prosecution, told Fox News Digital that investigators never determined why Humphreys chose that particular office over others in the development.For Brown's mother, longtime real estate agent Linda Brown, her daughter’s outgoing personality made her a perfect fit for the profession."Let me tell you, she was a rascal growing up," Linda told Fox News Digital.
"She had a gregarious spirit about her.""She was a people person from the time she was small.She never met a stranger.
That's why real estate was such a perfect place for her because she was really good at it."Brown formed a close friendship with Williams, who took Brown under her...