01-29-2011, 10:22 AM
she's been hospitalized for some reason, won't be in court this morning. fucking nut bitch.
TAMPA news 9
The 50-year-old woman accused of killing her two teenage children heads to a Tampa courtroom Saturday.
Julie Schenecker was booked into jail Friday night on charges of first degree murder.
The Tampa Police Department said she confessed to the crimes.
According to police, Julie Powers Schenecker shot and killed her two children, Calyx Powers Schenecker, 16, and Powers Beau Schenecker, 13.
Officials began investigating the incident Friday morning after a call came in from Schenecker's mother, who lives in Texas. She told detectives she was concerned that she could not reach her daughter who she believed was depressed, after receiving an email indicating that.
Then, when police responded to Schenecker's home in the 16000 block of Royal Park Court in Tampa Palms, they found the two children deceased.
Police said they found the mother on the back patio covered in blood, her son shot to death in the garage, and her daughter dead upstairs. They also found a note describing how she planned to kill her children and then herself.
Investigators said Schenecker told them she was the one responsible for the deaths of her children.
"She had admitted to committing those crimes and taking the lives of her two children," Laura McElroy of the Tampa Police Department said. "She described the crimes in detail to our detectives."
Counselors were brought out to the home for officers after one discovered what they described as a 'horrific and gruesome crime scene.'
Police said around 7 p.m. Thursday, Schenecker armed herself with a .38-caliber pistol she had just purchased over the weekend.
Detectives said the daughter was shot in the back of the head while she was doing her homework and the son was found shot twice in the head in an SUV in the garage. Officials also found a note in which it was written had planned to kill her children and then herself.
"The children never saw it coming -- one was shot from behind, one was shot from the side," McElroy said. "We don't believe the children knew that their mother meant to harm them."
Investigators are still on scene trying to figure out any sort of motivation behind the children's deaths.
"She did tell us that they talked back, they were mouthy and that she was tired of it, but I don't think that is going to be a reason any of us can understand of how you can take the life of your child," McElroy said.
Neighbors surrounded the home, shocked to hear what had happened.
"It's doubly disturbing to me that someone could do this to their child or children, so yes, it's very disturbing," one neighbor said.
Schenecker was visibly shaking as she was taken to the Orient Road Jail, where she now sits, facing two counts of first-degree murder.
Schenecker is married to Parker Schenecker, 48, a U.S. Army colonel who is currently stationed in Qatar. He is expected to return to the Bay area next week.
About the teenage victims
Calyx Schenecker, 16, was a sophomore at King High School, where the principal spoke out after her murder, calling her 'an outstanding student.'
Calyx was on the track team and the speech and debate team, as well as a member of the IB program and Harry Potter Club.
The principal of the high school said she last saw Calyx Thursday in a Spanish class.
"Yes, she was in the IB program, a great young lady, an outstanding student, if you wanted a daughter, that's who you would want," the principal said.
School officials said they did not break the news to students during school hours because nothing had been made official yet. However, they are planning to have grief counselors at the school on Monday.
Powers 'Beau' Schenecker, 13, was in the eighth grade at Liberty Middle School.
TAMPA news 9
The 50-year-old woman accused of killing her two teenage children heads to a Tampa courtroom Saturday.
Julie Schenecker was booked into jail Friday night on charges of first degree murder.
The Tampa Police Department said she confessed to the crimes.
According to police, Julie Powers Schenecker shot and killed her two children, Calyx Powers Schenecker, 16, and Powers Beau Schenecker, 13.
Officials began investigating the incident Friday morning after a call came in from Schenecker's mother, who lives in Texas. She told detectives she was concerned that she could not reach her daughter who she believed was depressed, after receiving an email indicating that.
Then, when police responded to Schenecker's home in the 16000 block of Royal Park Court in Tampa Palms, they found the two children deceased.
Police said they found the mother on the back patio covered in blood, her son shot to death in the garage, and her daughter dead upstairs. They also found a note describing how she planned to kill her children and then herself.
Investigators said Schenecker told them she was the one responsible for the deaths of her children.
"She had admitted to committing those crimes and taking the lives of her two children," Laura McElroy of the Tampa Police Department said. "She described the crimes in detail to our detectives."
Counselors were brought out to the home for officers after one discovered what they described as a 'horrific and gruesome crime scene.'
Police said around 7 p.m. Thursday, Schenecker armed herself with a .38-caliber pistol she had just purchased over the weekend.
Detectives said the daughter was shot in the back of the head while she was doing her homework and the son was found shot twice in the head in an SUV in the garage. Officials also found a note in which it was written had planned to kill her children and then herself.
"The children never saw it coming -- one was shot from behind, one was shot from the side," McElroy said. "We don't believe the children knew that their mother meant to harm them."
Investigators are still on scene trying to figure out any sort of motivation behind the children's deaths.
"She did tell us that they talked back, they were mouthy and that she was tired of it, but I don't think that is going to be a reason any of us can understand of how you can take the life of your child," McElroy said.
Neighbors surrounded the home, shocked to hear what had happened.
"It's doubly disturbing to me that someone could do this to their child or children, so yes, it's very disturbing," one neighbor said.
Schenecker was visibly shaking as she was taken to the Orient Road Jail, where she now sits, facing two counts of first-degree murder.
Schenecker is married to Parker Schenecker, 48, a U.S. Army colonel who is currently stationed in Qatar. He is expected to return to the Bay area next week.
About the teenage victims
Calyx Schenecker, 16, was a sophomore at King High School, where the principal spoke out after her murder, calling her 'an outstanding student.'
Calyx was on the track team and the speech and debate team, as well as a member of the IB program and Harry Potter Club.
The principal of the high school said she last saw Calyx Thursday in a Spanish class.
"Yes, she was in the IB program, a great young lady, an outstanding student, if you wanted a daughter, that's who you would want," the principal said.
School officials said they did not break the news to students during school hours because nothing had been made official yet. However, they are planning to have grief counselors at the school on Monday.
Powers 'Beau' Schenecker, 13, was in the eighth grade at Liberty Middle School.