04-02-2014, 10:21 AM
Crazy Voices. Or, was it something else?
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^ Laurel Michelle Schlemmer, 40, of McCandless — located just north of Pittsburgh — was ordered held without bail after she was arraigned on charges that included criminal homicide, aggravated assault and child endangerment.
Yesterday, Schlemmer got her 7-year-old son off to the school bus; as she did most other days.
After which, she told her 6-year-old son Daniel and 3-year-old son Luke to take off their pajamas and get into the bathtub.
Next, Schlemmer got into the tub fully-clothed and sat on top of the boys in attempt to drown them.
Then, she called 911 -- paramedics were rushed to the house. 3-year-old Luke died at the local hospital and his older brother Daniel was rushed to Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh at UPMC where he remains in critical condition.
Schlemmer told LE that "crazy voices" told her to sit on top of the boys and drown them. But, she also told them that she thought she could be a better mom to the 7-year-old without the younger boys and that she thought the younger ones would be better off in heaven.
Well, she won't be a better mom to her oldest boy from behind bars or locked in a psych facility. That kid is probably gonna have a hard-core case of survivor's guilt.
Hoping Daniel pulls through and can cope with his little brother Luke's death and his mother's unthinkable betrayal -- such a terrifying ordeal for those little boys.
Story:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/pe...-1.1742838
^ Laurel Michelle Schlemmer, 40, of McCandless — located just north of Pittsburgh — was ordered held without bail after she was arraigned on charges that included criminal homicide, aggravated assault and child endangerment.
Yesterday, Schlemmer got her 7-year-old son off to the school bus; as she did most other days.
After which, she told her 6-year-old son Daniel and 3-year-old son Luke to take off their pajamas and get into the bathtub.
Next, Schlemmer got into the tub fully-clothed and sat on top of the boys in attempt to drown them.
Then, she called 911 -- paramedics were rushed to the house. 3-year-old Luke died at the local hospital and his older brother Daniel was rushed to Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh at UPMC where he remains in critical condition.
Schlemmer told LE that "crazy voices" told her to sit on top of the boys and drown them. But, she also told them that she thought she could be a better mom to the 7-year-old without the younger boys and that she thought the younger ones would be better off in heaven.
Well, she won't be a better mom to her oldest boy from behind bars or locked in a psych facility. That kid is probably gonna have a hard-core case of survivor's guilt.
Hoping Daniel pulls through and can cope with his little brother Luke's death and his mother's unthinkable betrayal -- such a terrifying ordeal for those little boys.
Story:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/pe...-1.1742838