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Kentucky mom, Tiffanie Lucas, bags two life sentences after admitting to shooting her two sons, 9 and 6, as her insanity plea crumbled

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"font-size&colon;14px"><strong><strong>Asked why she murdered her sons <&sol;strong>Kentucky mom Tiffanie Lucas told a detective that she &&num;8216&semi;would never do anything like this unless someone manipulated me&&num;8217&semi; after murdering her two sons in Nov 2023<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Tiffanie Ann Katherine Lucas&comma; 32&comma; Friday was sentenced to two consecutive life terms in prison<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"font-size&colon;14px"><strong>She was accused of fatally shooting her sons&comma; Maurice &&num;8216&semi;Peanut&&num;8217&semi; Baker Jr&period;&comma; 6&comma; and his half brother&comma; Jayden Howard&comma; 9&comma; at home in Shepherdsville&comma; KY <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Four gunshots were fired in 30 seconds&comma; hitting both children in the head <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"font-size&colon;14px"><strong>She claims their deaths were an accident&comma; that she was being &&num;8216&semi;manipulated through Facebook <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;10&sol;Tiffanie-Lucas-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-470311" style&equals;"width&colon;831px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Tiffanie Lucas &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; was tried for shooting her two young sons in the head&period; She claims their deaths were an accident&comma; that she was being &&num;8216&semi;manipulated through Facebook&&num;8217&semi; She was convicted and sentenced to two consecutive life terms <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Following her guilty plea in the the cold-blooded murder of her two young sons&comma; Kentucky mom Tiffanie Ann Katherine Lucas&comma; 32&comma; on Friday was sentenced to two consecutive life terms for the double-homicide of her two young sons&period; <br>Prosecutors said Lucas killed her sons&comma; Maurice &&num;8216&semi;Peanut&&num;8217&semi; Baker Jr&period;&comma; 6&comma; and his half brother&comma; Jayden Howard&comma; 9&comma; with shots to the head at home in Shepherdsville&comma; Kentucky&comma; back in November 2023&period;<br>The mother-of-two was<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2024&sol;10&sol;24&sol;kentucky-mom-tiffanie-lucas-faces-40-years-to-life-in-prison-after-pleading-guilty-to-killing-her-two-sons-9-and-6-as-dads-side-calls-for-death-penalty&sol;" data-type&equals;"link" data-id&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2024&sol;10&sol;24&sol;kentucky-mom-tiffanie-lucas-faces-40-years-to-life-in-prison-after-pleading-guilty-to-killing-her-two-sons-9-and-6-as-dads-side-calls-for-death-penalty&sol;"> convicted <&sol;a>last month&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;11&sol;Maurice-Peanut-Baker-Jr-and-his-brother-Jayden-Howard-4&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-472101" style&equals;"width&colon;838px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Tiffanie Lucas&comma; 32&comma; was charged with two counts of murder for the shooting of her two children Maurice Baker Jr&comma; 6&comma; and his half-brother Jayden Howard&comma; 9&comma; on November 8&comma; 2023<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Bodycam footage obtained by <a class&equals;"" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;lawandcrime&period;com&sol;video&sol;i-know-i-look-crazy-but-im-not-bodycam-shows-woman-who-just-put-2-bullets-into-her-young-childrens-heads-insisting-that-she-loves-them-so-much&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener">Law and <&sol;a><a class&equals;"" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;dailymail&period;co&period;uk&sol;news&sol;crime&sol;index&period;html"><&sol;a><a class&equals;"" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;lawandcrime&period;com&sol;video&sol;i-know-i-look-crazy-but-im-not-bodycam-shows-woman-who-just-put-2-bullets-into-her-young-childrens-heads-insisting-that-she-loves-them-so-much&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener">Crime<&sol;a> revealed the bizarre response she gave when asked why she murdered her two young sons&period; &&num;8216&semi;I love my children&comma;&&num;8217&semi; the convicted murderer said&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;I love my boys so much&comma;&&num;8217&semi; she added&period; &&num;8216&semi;I wouldn&&num;8217&semi;t have hurt them but I just felt like I was letting them play the video games and I wasn&&num;8217&semi;t like focusing how I was supposed to&comma; you know&quest;&&num;8217&semi;<br>She then blamed her evil act on wild theories about technology &&num;8216&semi;manipulating&&num;8217&semi; her children through video games&comma; WiFi and YouTube&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;Video games and the YouTube and the kids&comma; it just messes their minds up to where people can manipulate their parents or do whatever they want&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;I feel like someone put something upon my house or me or something&period; I just don&&num;8217&semi;t feel right&period; I don&&num;8217&semi;t do this&period; I love my kids&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-video wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-videopress"><div class&equals;"wp-block-embed&lowbar;&lowbar;wrapper">&NewLine;https&colon;&sol;&sol;videopress&period;com&sol;v&sol;hG5KIS3n&quest;resizeToParent&equals;true&&num;038&semi;cover&equals;true&&num;038&semi;preloadContent&equals;metadata&&num;038&semi;useAverageColor&equals;true&NewLine;<&sol;div><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Lucas appeared to be lack remorse and instead fixated on a deputy&&num;8217&semi;s finger movements during questioning&colon; &&num;8216&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m watching you on camera move your fingers several times&comma;&&num;8217&semi; she told an officer in the video&period; &&num;8216&semi;You just keep moving them&period; Stop&period; I&&num;8217&semi;m watching&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s not right&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>&&num;8216&semi;I know I look crazy&comma; but I&&num;8217&semi;m not crazy&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Lucas told detectives in a rambling interview just hours after allegedly killing her own children&period; <br>After the deputy left the room&comma; Lucas reportedly admitted to firing four shots in 30 seconds&comma; insisting the shooting &&num;8216&semi;was an accident&comma;&&num;8217&semi; according to the outlet&period;<br>She said she was &&num;8216&semi;manipulated through Facebook&comma; through the internet or through Wi-Fi &lbrack;…&rsqb; into doing what she did&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>The murders happened November 8&comma; 2023&comma; when Lucas&&num;8217&semi; neighbor called 911 after she collapsed on their driveway&comma; hysterically screaming that her children &&num;8216&semi;were dying&&num;8217&semi;&period;<br>Police rushed to the scene on Brentwood Drive to discover the two boys dead&period; Each boy shot in the head&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;10&sol;Maurice-Baker-Jr-and-his-half-brother-Jayden-Howard-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-470314" style&equals;"width&colon;838px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>On Nov 8&comma; 2023&comma; a neighbor pulled into his driveway&comma; then he saw Lucas walking down the stairs of his porch and had told him that her &&num;8216&semi;kids &lbrack;Maurice and Jayden&rsqb;&comma; were dying&&num;8217&semi; before collapsing<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">She was then charged with two counts of capital murder&comma; with the family of her stepson insisting nothing less than the death penalty will do&period; <br>Last year November 8&comma; her neighbor said&comma; he had pulled into his driveway when he saw Lucas walking down the stairs of his porch and had told him that her &&num;8216&semi;kids were dying&&num;8217&semi; before collapsing&period; <br>The boys were discovered inside the home with gun wounds&comma; and a gun left on the bed&comma; after four shots were heard from a neighbors Ring camera footage&period; <br>Lucas had said she was given the gun&comma; and admitted no one else had been home that day&period; When questioned by police she had said she was &&num;8216&semi;in such a bad spot&&num;8217&semi; and claimed the shooting was an accident&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m so stupid&comma;&&num;8217&semi; she added&period; &&num;8216&semi;I would never do anything like this unless someone manipulated me&period;&&num;8217&semi; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;11&sol;Tiffanie-Lucas-police-interview-3-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-472113" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Lucas is seen in bodycam footage telling a detective &&num;8216&semi;I feel like someone put something upon my house or me or something&period; I just don&&num;8217&semi;t feel right&period; I don&&num;8217&semi;t do this&period; I love my kids&period;&&num;8217&semi; &&num;8211&semi; her explanation when asked why she murdered her two young sons&period; She<strong> displayed what a lack of remorse&comma; instead fixated on a deputy&&num;8217&semi;s finger movements during questioning <&sol;strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Bullitt County detective Richard Beahl testified that Lucas &&num;8216&semi;made statements that she was being manipulated through Facebook&comma; through the internet or through Wi-Fi&&num;8230&semi; into doing what she did&period;&&num;8217&semi; <br>The boys were taken to a hospital in Louisville&comma; and ultimately died from their wounds&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;We wanted them&period; We would have taken them with open arms&period; We loved them so much&comma;&&num;8217&semi; said Jayden&&num;8217&semi;s brother Durrell Howard&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;11&sol;Bodies-of-Maurice-Peanut-Baker-Jr-and-his-brother-Jayden-Howard-were-found-at-home-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-472103" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Deputies were called out after a neighbor entered their home and found the two boys shot dead in a bedroom with a gun on the bed<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">On Facebook&comma; Lucas would often post heavily edited photos of herself and her two boys&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;I love my babies everyday of the year&comma; I will always use any excuse to celebrate them and show them how special they are&comma;&&num;8217&semi; she wrote on Valentine&&num;8217&semi;s Day 2022&period;<br>In another post&comma; she proclaimed&colon; &&num;8216&semi;I love my kings different and that&&num;8217&semi;s why Jayden &amp&semi; Peanut are different types of children&period; They are GOD SENT &amp&semi; every wrong I have ever done or any hurt I have ever caused I am so focused on correcting and loving them longer and deeper&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>She continued&colon; &&num;8216&semi;I can not guarantee a lot of things in life BUT I can guarantee the mother I will always be&comma; the love I will always share&comma; and the best I can ever give and do will be PROMISED to you my love&comma; Jayden &amp&semi; Peanut&excl;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;10&sol;Tiffanie-Lucas-3&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-470330" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong> &&num;8216&semi;A lot of people see the social media side of &lbrack;<strong>Tiffanie Lucas<&sol;strong><&sol;strong>&rsqb;&comma;<strong> but it&&num;8217&semi;s not really how she was off camera&period; In her personal relationships you would see her the crazy side of her&comma;&&num;8217&semi; explains Michelle Rice&comma; the stepmother to 6-year-old Maurice<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Michelle Rice who was a stepmother to Maurice says Lucas should be put to death&period; <br>Rice said that the smiling pictures were nothing more than an act designed to fool others that she was &&num;8216&semi;normal&&num;8217&semi;&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;A lot of people see the social media side of her but it&&num;8217&semi;s not really how she was off camera&period; In her personal relationships you would see her the crazy side of her&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Rice explained&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;She did things because she wanted people to see her as a certain way but that&&num;8217&semi;s not really how she was&period; That&&num;8217&semi;s just how she wanted to be seen on social media&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;Nobody knew of her drug issues&period; She never had a job&period; She never worked&period; Things like that&period; The boys were taken from her previously when they were smaller because of drugs&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;10&sol;Tiffanie-Lucas-with-her-sons-Maurice-Baker-Jr-and-Jayden-Howard-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-470321" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Facade&semi; On Facebook&comma; Lucas would often post heavily edited photos of herself and her two boys&period; &&num;8216&semi;I love my babies everyday of the year&comma; I will always use any excuse to celebrate them and show them how special they are&comma;&&num;8217&semi; she wrote on Valentine&&num;8217&semi;s Day 2022&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Lucas pled guilty in October to two counts of first-degree murder after her initial attempts to mount an insanity defense crumbled&period; Her lawyers played a video footage of the defendant and her two sons at a Waffle House the day before the brutal murder&comma; to show the court her seemingly unstable mental state&period; <br><a class&equals;"" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wlky&period;com&sol;article&sol;bullitt-county-mother-tiffanie-lucas-sentencing&sol;62987439" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener">WLKY<&sol;a> reports that employees at the restaurant recalled Lucas acting like she was in her &&num;8216&semi;own world&comma;&&num;8217&semi; oblivious of events around her<br>She also reportedly asked a neighbor for help and told them that God was &&num;8216&semi;talking to her&period;&&num;8217&semi; <br>&&num;8216&semi;You need me&quest;&&num;8217&semi; the neighbor asked&period;  <br>&&num;8216&semi;I need an anchor&period; I need a good friend&period; I need a good person in my life&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Lucas replied&period; <br><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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