Tiffanie Lucas, 33, of Shepherdsville admitted to taking pictures 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 doable, with Lucas eligible for parole in 20 years. Prosecutors, nonetheless, informed WDRB the possibilities 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 digital camera 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, coated in blood.

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

Per Detective Richard Beahl, who testified throughout a earlier courtroom 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 searching 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 taking pictures and tried to shoot herself, however it jammed. In addition they confirmed video to spotlight 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 affect 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 she or he by no means let him come. I begged her,” he stated. “The final time I texted her I requested her, please can I simply discuss to my son? She ignored me.”

He additionally reportedly regarded instantly at Lucas, saying, “You realize what you’re.”

“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 likelihood.”

The decide, in the meantime, reportedly stated he could not “think about the sheer horror these youngsters should 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 possibly even each of them seeing their mom pull the set off, taking their lives.”