The wife of a U.S. Army colonel who shot her two children dead four years ago says she does not regret it. Julie Schenecker, 54, was convicted last May of shooting her son Beau, 13, and daughter Calyx, 16, in their upscale Tampa Bay, Florida home in January 2011 while her husband served overseas. Now in an exclusive jailhouse interview, she has claimed she pulled the trigger to 'save' her children, despite previously admitting to authorities that she had shot them for being 'mouthy'. When asked by ABC Action News in the interview if she regretted the shooting, Schenecker, a former military linguist, shook her head.Julie Schenecker, 54, was found guilty last year of murdering her son Beau, 13, and daughter Calyx, 16, in their Tampa, Florida home in January 2011In a jailhouse interview, she has now revealed she does not regret itShe claimed her son was being sexually abused - but would not say by whom - and that her daughter was struggling with mental illnessAuthorities said she had admitted to shooting the children for being 'mouthy' and her journals detailed how she was going to kill them
In the interview, she admitted that only one side of _'s mouth appeared to be in a smile when she lay dead, so she forced the other side of her mouth to smile as well. _ was found covered in blood and passed out at the house.