Man Sentenced for Murder of Gwinnett Grandmother

The man convicted of murdering a Gwinnett County grandmother who lived just down the street has been sentenced to life in prison.

Eric Lamont Bolling was sentenced to life without parole, plus 25 years, for the 2012 Thanksgiving week stabbing death of Parviz Moledina during a break-in, according to WSB-TV. Moledina, a mother and grandmother, lived only a few doors away from Bolling on Alamein Drive, located near Lawrenceville in unincorporated Gwinnett County.

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Prosecutors said in a July 1 news release after Bolling’s guilty verdict that Moledina was stabbed 33 times; her body was found on her bedroom floor. Bolling, who was 19 at the time, was accused of robbing and killing Moledina, who “was known to have several thousand dollars of cash, jewelry, and other expensive belongings in her residence,” Chief Assistant District Attorney Dan Mayfield said in the news release.

It was the second time Bolling stood trial for the murder. The jury could not reach a decision in the first trial, which ended in a mistrial, the district attorney’s office said.

Bolling claimed it wasn’t him. He admitted to taking items after he found her dead and that “someone else must have killed her before he robbed her,” the release stated.

But prosecutors said there was never a 911 call from Bolling about the woman’s death and his fingerprints were found in the woman’s bathroom and in her car, which Boilling allegedly stole.

Also, prosecutors said DNA from the victim was found on Bolling’s pants leg and sock.

“A photo even surfaced on Facebook of the defendant holding several stacks of cash standing in front of a silver vehicle, that vehicle belonged to Ms. Moledina,” Mayfield said in the news release.

Bolling was found guilty of murder, felony murder (two counts), first-degree burglary (two counts), possession of a firearm during commission of a felony, and aggravated assault.

Photo: Eric Lamont Bolling; Gwinnett County Jail mugshot