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Mabank Mother Sarah Henderson Pleads Guilty To Killing 2 Young Daughters, Gets Life Without Parole (with clip)
July 17, 2019
"ATHENS, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A Mabank mother pleaded guilty to two counts of capital murder Wednesday and was sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Sarah Nicole Henderson’s trial was scheduled to begin on July 30, and expected to last for up to three weeks.
She also attempted to shoot her husband Jacob as he lay sleeping, however the .380 caliber pistol failed to fire, waking her husband who took the gun away from her and called 911, according to the Henderson County District Attorney’s Office....
When asked why she did it, she said, “I was going crazy” and “Just caught up in everyday life, you know”. She further indicated that she thought people were out to get her which was confirmed by Jacob and a friend she had been with the preceding day, each of whom described her paranoid behavior leading up to the shooting....
Some months after her arrest, Henderson was examined by two psychologists who both determined that she was mentally competent to proceed to trial. The defendant then filed notice in August of 2018 that she would seek to claim insanity as a defense. In February 2019, the parties and the Court received the reports from two Court appointed psychologists regarding the defendant’s sanity at the time of the offense. One of which found her sane, and one insane...."
Mabank Mother Sarah Henderson Pleads Guilty To Killing 2 Young Daughters, Gets Life Without Parole
(Sarah Nicole Henderson’s daughters KayLee and Kenlie [Kayce Jean Douthit])
July 17, 2019
"ATHENS, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A Mabank mother pleaded guilty to two counts of capital murder Wednesday and was sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Sarah Nicole Henderson’s trial was scheduled to begin on July 30, and expected to last for up to three weeks.
She also attempted to shoot her husband Jacob as he lay sleeping, however the .380 caliber pistol failed to fire, waking her husband who took the gun away from her and called 911, according to the Henderson County District Attorney’s Office....
When asked why she did it, she said, “I was going crazy” and “Just caught up in everyday life, you know”. She further indicated that she thought people were out to get her which was confirmed by Jacob and a friend she had been with the preceding day, each of whom described her paranoid behavior leading up to the shooting....
Some months after her arrest, Henderson was examined by two psychologists who both determined that she was mentally competent to proceed to trial. The defendant then filed notice in August of 2018 that she would seek to claim insanity as a defense. In February 2019, the parties and the Court received the reports from two Court appointed psychologists regarding the defendant’s sanity at the time of the offense. One of which found her sane, and one insane...."
Mabank Mother Sarah Henderson Pleads Guilty To Killing 2 Young Daughters, Gets Life Without Parole
(Sarah Nicole Henderson’s daughters KayLee and Kenlie [Kayce Jean Douthit])
