Mother who shot children: Insanity defence rejected

A Florida mother who shot her two teenage children in the head says she knows what she did — but not why she did it.

Julie Schenecker apologised to “everyone in the courtroom” following her conviction on two counts of first-degree murder.

Crying as she spoke, Schenecker told the judge and jurors she would have plenty of time in prison to “try to understand” why she killed her 13-year-old son, Beau, and 16-year-old daughter, Calyx.