Tampa mother accused of killing two kids hospitalized in intensive care unit

St Petersburg Times Sunday 30th January, 2011

TAMPA — As her two children were mourned and remembered with Facebook pages and makeshift memorials, Julie Schenecker spent Saturday at Tampa General Hospital in the intensive care unit.Schenecker, who told police she fatally shot her daughter and son, was admitted to the hospital shortly before midnight Friday for "treatment of a medical condition that existed prior to being brought to jail," the Hills­borough County Sheriff's Office said. No further details were released.Schenecker's first court appearance, scheduled for Saturday, was postponed. Her public defender said she was in the intensive care unit.The shooting evoked memories of Susan Smith and Andrea Yates, mothers who killed their children, and prompted thousands of mournful messages on Facebook pages. Others visited ...

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