TAMPA, Fla. (Jan. 29) -- When police responded to a call from a concerned relative and found Julie Schenecker on the back porch of her Tampa home, they said she was covered in blood and made a gut-wrenching admission: She had killed her teenage son and daughter because they were mouthy.
Police said the military officer's wife, described by her mother as depressed, shot and killed her son on the way to soccer practice, then drove to their upscale home and shot her daughter in the head while the girl studied at her computer.
I think we will never understand how or why a mother could take the lives of her children, police spokeswoman Laura McElroy said. That was the only reason she provided to our detectives.
Schenecker was charged with two counts of first-degree murder. Wearing a white jumpsuit, she was led into a county jail on Friday, shaking and being supported by a sheriff's deputy.
Now authorities are trying to understand what triggered the killings.
Schenecker's mother had called police from Texas at about 7:40 a.m. Friday because she was unable to reach the 50-year-old woman, whom she said was depressed and had been complaining about her children.
McElroy said Schenecker left a note detailing her plans to kill her children and then herself, saying they talked back and were mouthy and that she was going to take care of it. She provided the same motive to police who interviewed her, authorities said.
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Police said the military officer's wife, described by her mother as depressed, shot and killed her son on the way to soccer practice, then drove to their upscale home and shot her daughter in the head while the girl studied at her computer.
I think we will never understand how or why a mother could take the lives of her children, police spokeswoman Laura McElroy said. That was the only reason she provided to our detectives.
Schenecker was charged with two counts of first-degree murder. Wearing a white jumpsuit, she was led into a county jail on Friday, shaking and being supported by a sheriff's deputy.
Now authorities are trying to understand what triggered the killings.
Schenecker's mother had called police from Texas at about 7:40 a.m. Friday because she was unable to reach the 50-year-old woman, whom she said was depressed and had been complaining about her children.
McElroy said Schenecker left a note detailing her plans to kill her children and then herself, saying they talked back and were mouthy and that she was going to take care of it. She provided the same motive to police who interviewed her, authorities said.
Full story: http://www.aolnews.com/2011/01/28/police-army-wife-julie-powrs-schenecker-killed-kids-for-being/
