Girl Who Claimed Fb, Wi-Fi ‘Manipulated’ Her Into Killing 2 Sons Sentenced

Tiffanie Lucas, 33, of Shepherdsville admitted to capturing 6-year-old son Maurice and 9-year-old son Jayden within the head in November 2023. Each boys died from their accidents on the hospital.

The decide gave Lucas the utmost sentence potential, with Lucas eligible for parole in 20 years. Prosecutors, nonetheless, informed WDRB the probabilities of her ever getting out of jail are “slim to none.”

On November 8, 2023, the sound of gunshots had been captured on a Ring digicam close to Lucas’ dwelling, earlier than Lucas herself ran out of the residence pleading for assist. A neighbor responded, discovering the boys and calling police.

Responding officers reportedly stated Lucas collapsed within the driveway earlier than telling him that her “children had been dying” inside. The 2 youngsters had been discovered subsequent to the gun, lined in blood.

When she was questioned by police, Lucas reportedly stated, “I am in such a nasty spot,” “I am so silly” and “I might by no means do something like this except somebody manipulated me.”

Per Detective Richard Beahl, who testified throughout a earlier court docket look, Lucas “made statements that she was being manipulated by way of Fb, by way of the web or by way of Wi-Fi … into doing what she did.”

Lucas beforehand entered a not responsible plea, whereas attorneys had been reportedly looking for an madness protection. In October, nonetheless, she modified her plea to responsible.

Earlier than sentencing, her attorneys gave their first feedback on the case, reportedly claiming Lucas had “highly effective delusions” on the day of the capturing and tried to shoot herself, however it jammed. Additionally they confirmed video to focus on her obvious psychological state main as much as the murders, together with footage the place she was reportedly seen pleading, “I must have good folks round me. I would like household. I need assistance.”

Maurice Baker Sr., the daddy of one of many victims, gave an impression assertion as nicely earlier than Lucas was sentenced — claiming she “held my son over my head.”

“So many birthdays he missed. I had a celebration deliberate, and he or she by no means let him come. I begged her,” he stated. “The final time I texted her I requested her, please can I simply speak to my son? She ignored me.”

He additionally reportedly regarded immediately at Lucas, saying, ” what you might be.”

“I will by no means see my son once more,” he stated. “Jayden’s household won’t ever see him once more … they do not have a second probability.”

The decide, in the meantime, reportedly stated he could not “think about the sheer horror these youngsters will need to have skilled seeing their mom with a gun. The sheer horror that second baby had as he heard the discharge of that weapon for the primary baby. And perhaps even each of them seeing their mom pull the set off, taking their lives.”