Mum charged in kids' slayings treated at hospital

TAMPA (Florida) - Julie Powers Schenecker, an army officer's wife, 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 on 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 once they saw the teens, the scene was so troubling that a stress team was called to counsel the responding officers, a police spokesman 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. Both were killed with a .38-calibre pistol.

Investigators believe the teens 'never saw it coming,' said police spokesman Laura McElroy.

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