GUILTY FL - Calyx, 16, & Beau Schenecker, 13, shot to death, Tampa, 27 Jan 2011 #1

[Chelly]

And, camera is off. Nice long productive day. Good thing I wasn't on one of those panels, would never have been able to stay awake.

Back tomorrow with a break for dust-blowing...

 

[janx]

I have been reviewing the emails and reports that have been released so far, and although I'm no expert, this seems to be a very toxic situation.

Julie seems to have been an addict with some mental disorders, and her husband seems to have been absent much of the time due to his job. He clearly cared for his family, but since he was required to be away from them for long and frequent periods of time, there may have been things that he wasn't aware of. This woman was career military when she met him--a linguist, nonetheless--and it looks as if her career ended when she decided to marry him and become the wife of a colonel and mother of his kids.

I'm trying not to make assumptions. The situation is terrible.

 

[Mrs G Norris]

I don't understand how the kids were left with her, it seems clear she was completely out of control, and I don't see how her husband couldn't have known. I also have an issue with this being a DP case.

 

[turaj]

I don't understand how the kids were left with her, it seems clear she was completely out of control, and I don't see how her husband couldn't have known. I also have an issue with this being a DP case.

this is not a death penalty case.

 

[Mrs G Norris]

this is not a death penalty case.

Oh they changed it? Good!

 

[turaj]

Oh they changed it? Good!

she is clearly a very sick person...question is should she be held responsible for her actions....I would not be in favor of the death penalty here.

 

[turaj]

Does anyone know about what her parents want to be the outcome here? I have heard very little about them...I know the husband wants her found guilty.

 

[Mrs G Norris]

Whatever happens with the trial, I think she's end up in a mental health facility for the rest of her life, whether that's in the prison itself or a secured facility, so perhaps the trial is a formality they need to ensure she remains behind bars.

 

[Coldpizza]

Two in Julie Schenecker trial jury pool dismissed after one mentions the case

One young man said he had known Calyx Schenecker, the defendant's 16-year-old daughter, from King High School. He had attended the vigil. He said he couldn't be impartial.

As he finished speaking, Schenecker, 53, began to cry.

It was the rare juror who took pity on her.

http://www.tampabay.com/news/courts...m-julie-schenecker-murder-trial-after/2177601

 

[popsicle]

Bond court was just on the feed. The one woman has 4 counts of child abuse in a 10 day period, same child, 7 mos old. Choked the child until they couldn't breathe and turned blue. sick sick sick

 

[jacct]

Popsicle, I saw that too. They cut out just as the PD was saying that the woman had been in a psych facility previously. If JS hasn't started yet I wish they had left bond court up. There are no tweets on what the holdup is on JS.

 

[aliciabal]

Hopefully they seat a jury by the end of the week.im ready to see this trial. I've followed the case since it was first reported. Hills county.net ( I think) has all the relevant court documents. They are worth reviewing along with the photos and audio that are available. I've formed some ideas of what I think the family dynamic might have been leading up to this but I want to see both sides presented. I know the divorce proceeding was bifurcated so husband could get the divorce before the financial piece was resolved. Then, in response to her request to freeze assets, he filed wrongful death. I wonder if the financial portion of their divorce has been resolved. I haven't heard anything about that or the wrongful death filing.

 

[jacct]

I have searched and couldn't find any info on the wrongful death case. JS did file a lawsuit against her husband claiming he was aware of her mental health issues and he should take equal blame for the death of the children. That was filed in response to his wrongful death lawsuit.

http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/l...help-julie-schenecker-avoid-the-death-penalty

 

[jacct]

Tampa Bay Times Live ‏@TBTimesLive 10m
Court is back in session. Attorneys begin voir dire questioning of about 90 jurors today

Tampa Bay Times Live ‏@TBTimesLive 4m
Prosecutor: "It may not have been the most thrilling or comfortable process to date, we recognize this”

Tampa Bay Times Live ‏@TBTimesLive 33s
Prosecutor asks if anyone hasn't ever heard of premeditated murder. No hands go up

Tampa Bay Times Live ‏@TBTimesLive 53s
Prosecutor is soliciting indiv. bios from each would-be juror. "I have little of what you'd consider a life," man says

 

[popsicle]

Is someone crying?

 

[popsicle]

The potential juror was crying

 

[popsicle]

Tampa Bay Times Live ‏@TBTimesLive 4m
Juror 123 seems to have recalled a painful memory, is crying & talking to the judge. "I don't think I can be impartial." #scheneckertrial

Tampa Bay Times Live ‏@TBTimesLive 1m
Juror 123 is allowed to leave. #scheneckertrial

 

[janx]

Whatever happens with the trial, I think she's end up in a mental health facility for the rest of her life, whether that's in the prison itself or a secured facility, so perhaps the trial is a formality they need to ensure she remains behind bars.

Exactly.

 

[jacct]

Tampa Bay Times Live ‏@TBTimesLive 1m
Among the ?s prosecutor is asking, is esp interested in whether jurors have family & friends in the military

Tampa Bay Times Live ‏@TBTimesLive 40s
Parker Schenecker, Julie's ex-husband, is a retired Army colonel

FYI - at the time of the murders Col. Parker Schenecker was in Afghanistan.
A gentleman is crying and asks to approach the bench to talk to the judge privately.

Tampa Bay Times Live ‏@TBTimesLive 40s
Juror 123 seems to have recalled a painful memory, is crying & talking to the judge. "I don't think I can be impartial."

Tampa Bay Times Live ‏@TBTimesLive 1m
Juror 123 is allowed to leave. https://twitter.com/search?q=#scheneckertrial&src=hash

Tampa Bay Times Live ‏@TBTimesLive 1m
Prosecutor is trying to gauge whether jurors understand circumstantial evidence.

Tampa Bay Times Live ‏@TBTimesLive 39s
Attorney to juror w/ family in military: "Do you ever talk to them abt hardships military service can impose on a family?

 

[jacct]

Tampa Bay Times Live ‏@TBTimesLive 35s
Juror says he's been with his gf for 17 years. Prosecutor: "About time to get off the fence bud."

Tampa Bay Times Live ‏@TBTimesLive 33s
Juror: "I don’t read papers, I don’t want news on TV, it’s just too depressing. But I thoroughly enjoy my life."

Tampa Bay Times Live ‏@TBTimesLive 45s
Juror says he's hard of hearing: "I haven’t understood 3 words the judge has said in the 3 days I’ve been in here."

Tampa Bay Times Live ‏@TBTimesLive 47s
Asked abt herself, potential juror says she was born in Bosnia & never got further than middle school.