Associated Press
Army officer's wife charged in children's slayings
By TAMARA LUSH and MITCH STACY , 01.29.11, 05:20 AM ESTTAMPA, Fla. -- Authorities are trying to understand what triggered a Florida woman to allegedly kill her two teenage children.
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.
Schenecker has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder.
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