Mom hit teen daughter before shooting

[Rebecca Jo 1,962]

TAMPA, Florida — A suburban Florida soccer mom showed signs of trouble in the months before she was accused of killing her two teenage children: Her 16-year-old daughter told police in November she had been hit by her mother, and troopers investigating a car crash thought the woman had been using drugs.

The incidents were described in reports released Monday, several days after authorities say Julie Powers Schenecker, 50, shot and killed the kids because they were talking back and being "mouthy."

Investigators found her soaked in blood Friday on the back porch of the family's upscale home. Later that day, at a county jail, Schenecker shook uncontrollably, her eyes wide.

Investigators said 16-year-old Calyx and 13-year-old Beau had each been shot twice in the head a day earlier — Beau in the family's car on the way to soccer practice, Calyx in her room as she studied at her computer

Both teens were killed with a .38-caliber pistol, which authorities say Schenecker bought five days earlier.

Schenecker was ordered held without bail Monday during a brief court hearing. She did not speak — though she did cry and hold a tissue, her hands bound by handcuffs.

Neither Schenecker nor her husband, Parker — an Army intelligence officer who was working in the Middle East when the shootings happened — had a criminal record.

Parker Schenecker served in Munich from 1986 to 1990; his wife worked there from 1987 to 1992 as a Russian linguist involved in military intelligence, wrote an author identifying himself as Parker Schenecker on an online forum for military personnel.

The family moved to Tampa in 2008 when Parker Schenecker was transferred to U.S. Central Command headquarters, which oversees the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and is housed at MacDill Air Force Base.

Friends and neighbors recalled a perfect family, whose Facebook photos showed a radiant foursome posing in Santa hats and decked in white near a pier.

On Nov. 6, though, trouble arose.

Calyx called police, telling officers her mother hit her as she drove home in the family car, according to a Department of Children and Families report. The teen also told officers that her mom had hit her about a month and a half before.

Two days later, Schenecker was in a car crash not far from her Tampa home. Officers on the scene wrote that Schenecker "showed signs of drug impairment," including dilated pupils with no reaction to light and "mush-mouthed speech."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41356203?GT1=43001

Edited February 1, 2011 by Rebecca Jo

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Both teens were killed with a .38-caliber pistol, which authorities say Schenecker bought five days earlier.

She could have killed them with a safety pin too. What are you gonna do, ban those too?

[Rebecca Jo 1,962]

She could have killed them with a safety pin too. What are you gonna do, ban those too?

Don't forget we need to ban rope also.

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Don't forget we need to ban rope also.

She could have smothered those kids with a pillow too.

[Rebecca Jo 1,962]

She could have smothered those kids with a pillow too.

That's why pillows have those funny labels that say "DO NOT REMOVE UNDER PENALTY OF LAW".

[chri'stina 190]

Really sad.

[Rebecca Jo 1,962]

Really sad.

Yes.

I live next door to a family who - well let's just say it's an abusive household. On all sides. Lots of screaming and yelling on both sides. Parents at the kids. Kids at the parents. I've heard people being knocked around.

I finally had enough this summer after a particularly terrible incident involving the death of one of their family pets. I called DHHR and there is an open case on this family.

Only telling all this because I've got "issues" with what goes on in wacked out households.

Given that, I'm of the opinion that a call to Family Services might not be a bad idea in background clearance for the purchase of a weapon.

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Given that, I'm of the opinion that a call to Family Services might not be a bad idea in background clearance for the purchase of a weapon.

Just because a man slaps his wife around from time to time doesn't mean he can't stand in defense of this nation when the ChiCom invasion force finally makes it to his neighborhood. You're either naive and well meaning but missing the forest for the trees or you're a ChiCom mole planted on VisaJourney.com to influence public opinion in a manner that weakens our collective ability to resist the ChiCom invaders.

[Rebecca Jo 1,962]

you're a ChiCom mole planted on VisaJourney.com to influence public opinion in a manner that weakens our collective ability to resist the ChiCom invaders.

*raises hand*

That'd be me!

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*raises hand*

That'd be me!

You're the second ChiCom mole I've encountered here on VisaJourney.com in the last few weeks.

[luckytxn 2,265]

Poor kids. I will say another prayer for the kids.

[slim 1,533]

I'm of the opinion that a call to Family Services might not be a bad idea in background clearance for the purchase of a weapon.

Folks convicted of even misdemeanor domestic violence are barred from possessing weapons.

Just because a man slaps his wife around from time to time doesn't mean he can't stand in defense of this nation

If he's convicted of DV it does. As long as she (or her nosy neighbor) never calls to report him he should still be able to help us out.

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If he's convicted of DV it does.

It shouldn't. If you disagree with me, then you might be a ChiCom mole too.

[slim 1,533]

It shouldn't. If you disagree with me, then you might be a ChiCom mole too.

That's a new one! I don't think I've ever been accused of being a ChiCom mole. Thanks!

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That's a new one! I don't think I've ever been accused of being a ChiCom mole. Thanks!

There's a first time for everything. I must say, your disguise has been excellent (but clearly not good enough).