Mom Shoots 'Mouthy' Children, Claims She Saved Them

Published: Aug. 27, 2021, 5:29 p.m.

b'On January 27, 2011, Julie Schenecker did the unthinkable: Armed with a .38 revolver she had purchased five days before, the former Russian linguist\\xa0fatally shot both of her teenage children in the head. Beau Schenecker, 13, was found dead in a car parked in the garage of the Scheneker\\u2019s upscale Tampa home; 16-year-old Calyx had been placed in her bed after was killed. Julie Schenecker reportedly lifted her daughter\\u2019s mouth in the shape of a smile in a bizarre staging of the body.\\n\\nCalyx had been doing her homework on the computer in another room when Julie Schenecker came up behind her and shot her in the head, then in the face. Julie had already killed Beau, reportedly shooting him in the head as they were in the car, headed to soccer practice. Julie\\u2019s husband Parker Schenecker, at the time an army colonel, was stationed in Qatar when his children were killed.\\n\\nIn an interview with police just after the double homicide, Julie Schenecker admitted to\\xa0killing both of her children, because they were \\u201cmouthy.\\u201d She later changed her story, and said in a jailhouse\\xa0interview with ABC News that she \\u201csaved them\\u201d\\xa0\\u2014 Beau from alleged sexual abuse, and Calyx from mental illness.\\n\\nRead the full story on CrimeOnline\\n\\nJoining Nancy Grace today:Ashley\\xa0Willcott\\xa0- Judge and trial attorney, anchor, www.ashleywillcott.comDr. Bethany Marshall - Psychoanalyst, www.drbethanymarshall.com, New Netflix show: \'Bling Empire\'\\xa0Joe\\xa0Scott\\xa0Morgan\\xa0- Professor of Forensics Jacksonville State University, Author, "Blood Beneath My Feet" featured on "Poisonous\\xa0Liaisons" on True Crime Network\\xa0Sarina Fazan -\\xa0Four-time Emmy award-winning TV Anchor & Reporter\\xa0(interviewed Julie\\xa0Schenecker\\xa0in 2015 for ABC), Sarina Fazan Media,\\xa0www.sarinafazan.media,\\xa0Podcast: "On The Record with Sarina Fazan"\\xa0@sarinafazannews,\\xa0YouTube: Sarina Fazan TV'