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Army officer's wife killed teen children because they were 'mouthy,' Tampa authorities say
Orlando Sentinel ^ | 11:47 a.m. EST, January 29, 2011

Posted on 01/29/2011 10:33:39 PM PST by Red Steel

The woman who authorities say killed her teenage daughter and son because she was fed up with them talking back and being mouthy will not appear in court Saturday because she's being treated at a hospital for an unknown condition.

Authorities say Julie Powers Schenecker was taken to Tampa General Hospital shortly after midnight Saturday to be treated for a medical condition that existed before she was taken to jail. Hillsborough Sheriff's deputies — who oversee jail inmates — said they could not reveal Schenecker's medical condition, citing health care privacy laws.

An arrest affidavit said Schenecker shot her son twice in the head in the family car "for talking back" as she drove him to soccer practice. The report said Schenecker then drove to their upscale home and shot her daughter in the face inside the home.

Schenecker's mother called police Friday morning and told them she was concerned after her daughter had sent an e-mail saying she was depressed. Officers found Schenecker drenched in blood on her back porch — and after they saw the teens, the scene was so troubling that a stress team was called to counsel the responding officers, a police spokeswoman said.

Calyx, the girl, was 16 and a cross-country running star at her high school. The 13-year-old son, Beau, was in eighth grade.

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Schenecker's husband, Parker Schenecker, is a career Army officer attached to U.S. Central Command in Tampa. He was working in the Middle East when the shootings happened.

(Excerpt) Read more at orlandosentinel.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Florida
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To: Red Steel

Just when you thought you’ve heard it all something like this comes along that leaves you without words....

I can’t imagine this teenage girl being a problem. It takes hard work, dedication, and discipline to be a runner. Most girls that I know that compete in track are not mouthy. It’s usually lazy kids or kids who have loud MOUTHY PARENTS that are mouthy.

What a tragedy.


21 posted on 01/30/2011 12:05:14 AM PST by dupree
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To: Red Steel

God have mercy on this family. What suffering she has set into motion.


22 posted on 01/30/2011 12:12:32 AM PST by SaraJohnson
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To: Red Steel
Father of Three Mouthy Teen Age Boys ping to be printed out and posted on fridge.


23 posted on 01/30/2011 12:28:00 AM PST by nathanbedford ("Attack, repeat, attack!" Bull Halsey)
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To: nathanbedford

LOL! Good to see you lurking. My best to getting some of those bailing hay, yet it’s a different time. :^)


24 posted on 01/30/2011 12:32:15 AM PST by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
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Oops... Baling Hay.....


25 posted on 01/30/2011 12:34:43 AM PST by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
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To: porter_knorr
or drugs of some sort involved

Looks like the face of a meth user.

26 posted on 01/30/2011 1:00:56 AM PST by PAR35
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To: nathanbedford

“Daaaaaad, that’s NOT FUNNY!”


27 posted on 01/30/2011 1:07:25 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
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To: Red Steel

If it were up to me she would be tried and executed within one weeks time. I have no interest in knowing about her mental derangement and motivations. But it won’t happen that way. Millions of dollars will be blown trying her and bringing in expert witnesses. She has just ensured steady paychecks for a lot of people in our justice establishment


28 posted on 01/30/2011 1:17:47 AM PST by dennisw (- - - -He who does not economize will have to agonize - - - - - Confucius)
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To: DesertRhino
inject the psycho bitch. But of course,,,,you know they won’t. After all, she was “depressed”.

Yes, the liberal ladies on 'The View' and 'Oprah' will be grimly nodding their heads in "understanding", like they did with that mother who drowned her kids in the bathtub a few years back, and wondering who let this poor woman down; who let her get so depressed she would do such a terrible thing...

And anyway, it's Bush's fault for sending the husband off to the Middle East and leaving the poor woman all by herself to deal with not one but TWO mouthy teenagers.

Pray for America.

29 posted on 01/30/2011 1:22:14 AM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: dupree

In my heart of hearts, I think mom was the problem, not the kids.

I can’t imagine any drug that can dull the line between right and wrong.

Only a person with no soul can do what she did.


30 posted on 01/30/2011 2:02:30 AM PST by derllak
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To: Red Steel
Calyx and Beau?

Someone wasn't totally wrapped when they picked these names!

I suspect that this was never a well balanced household, lots of screaming and little real communication.

She will pull off an insanity plea and the gun grabbers will love her.

31 posted on 01/30/2011 2:21:27 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, A Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: All

Our 6YO was seriously acting yesterday when we were eating lunch at a local restaurant and I raised my voice for the first time at her in public. I still feel guilty about it.
Then we got home and read this story soon after.
I’m not sure there is anything my kids could do that would put me in a place where something like what this person did seems possible.

It’s a sick world, and the more our fellow man moves away from God and worships themselves instead, the more we’ll see incidents like this. God help us.


32 posted on 01/30/2011 2:50:18 AM PST by newnhdad (The longest of journeys begins with one step.)
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To: PAR35
“or drugs of some sort involved
Looks like the face of a meth user.”

BINGO!.....that's were I've seen that look before.

Not personally in the mirror mind you.

33 posted on 01/30/2011 3:14:48 AM PST by Puckster
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To: Red Steel

Late term abortion!


34 posted on 01/30/2011 3:22:05 AM PST by the_daug
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To: Red Steel
On a serious note, this woman appears to be in the middle of some sort of psychotic episode.

She may never see the inside of a jail cell.

35 posted on 01/30/2011 4:22:22 AM PST by sonofagun (Some think my cynicism grows with age. I like to think of it as wisdom!)
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To: Red Steel
Both were killed with a .38-caliber pistol. The arrest affidavit said the weapon was purchased five days earlier.

Guess that 3 day waiting period sure worked out. / S

A insanity plea is out the window if she bought a gun 8 days before she murdered her children

36 posted on 01/30/2011 4:52:19 AM PST by Popman (Obama. First Marxist to turn a five year Marxist plan into a 4 year administration.)
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To: Red Steel

I brought you into this world.....


37 posted on 01/30/2011 5:14:06 AM PST by Feckless (I was trained by the US Government to Kill Commies and Radical Moo-slims. Now ain't that irOnic?)
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To: Red Steel
Guys, unless you were kidnapped as a child and held in a cave on the Afghan-Paki border well past puberty and the only females you came into contact with were of the goat variety......
You are hereby and forever prohibited from using the excuse "I didn't know the B!+@# was crazy...."
38 posted on 01/30/2011 5:17:32 AM PST by Feckless (I was trained by the US Government to Kill Commies and Radical Moo-slims. Now ain't that irOnic?)
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To: Popman

When it comes to setting the guilty free and persecuting the innocent, never underestimate the lawyers and court system.


39 posted on 01/30/2011 5:41:49 AM PST by sport
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To: El Cid

Very rarely do you have problems while taking the drugs, but miss doses or try to wean yourself off is they the problems start. It could take months to get off of those drugs and it needs to be done under a Doctors care.


40 posted on 01/30/2011 6:07:16 AM PST by panthermom
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