May 17, 2009 | 4 WWL-TV
Suicide notes sway jury against mother
The content of two suicide notes Amy Hebert wrote the day she killed her children convinced jurors the Mathews mother was guilty of first-degree murder, a juror said Saturday following the trial's conclusion.
Tears flow in sentencing hearing for mom convicted of killing kids
Jurors sat through a morning of tearful, wrenching testimony Friday as they weighed the question of whether a Mathews mother convicted of murdering her children should face execution.
Psychiatrist: Mom thought killings were act of love
In her distorted view of reality, Amy Hebert performed an act of love, not hate, when she followed a voice's commands to stab her two children, a nationally renowned forensic psychiatrist told jurors during her capital-murder trial Monday.
Psychologist: 9-year-old begged mom to spare her before killing
Amy Hebert's 9-year-old daughter begged her knife-wielding mother to spare her life before she stabbed her to death, a forensic psychologist testified Sunday afternoon during the Mathews mother's capital-murder trial.
Doctor: Mom accused of killing her 2 kids 'obviously psychotic'
Lafourche Parish Sheriffa s Office deputies Jill Lee and Cynthia Landry escort Amy Hebert into the Lafourche Parish Courthouse Annex Friday morning.
Psychiatrist: Mom believed Satan wanted children dead
Amy Hebert said she believed the voice that commanded her to kill her children and herself was Satan, a forensic psychiatrist testified Thursday during her capital-murder trial.
Nurse: Mom who killed kids feared losing them to ex-husband
Jurors in the Amy Hebert trial get on a bus Wednesday after looking over Heberta s Mathews home where she killed her two children.
Slain child had 50 knife wounds, according to pathologist
A forensic pathologist told jurors today that one of Amy Hebert's slain children had more than 50 knife wounds on his back and many more on his chest.
Attorney: Mom who killed children was reacting to 'voices'
Amy Hebert heard a male voice tell her she must die with her children the morning of Aug.
Nicholls State students protest planned cuts ot higher education
Nicholls State University students protest proposed cuts in higher education Monday before the opening of the 2009 regular legislative session at the state Capitol in Baton Rouge.
Jury selection starts today for accused child killer's trial
Jury selection is expected to begin today in the capital murder trial of a Mathews mother accused of killing her two children.
Defense wants DA taken off murder case of mother accused of killing her two kids
Lawyers for a Mathews woman accused of killing her two children want Lafourche Parish District Attorney Cam Morvant II off the case, alleging that his office has recordings of attorney-client conversations.
Lafourche hopes for La. 1 stimulus cash
MATHEWS, La. a ' The Lafourche Parish Council has voted to make $1.2 million of parish money available for preliminary work to elevate flood-prone Louisiana Highway 1 a ' an important route for hurricane ...
Judge delays hearing for mother accused of killing her two children
District Judge Jerome Barbera is expected to make a ruling on February 13th in the case of a Mathews woman accused of killing her two children.
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Preliminary Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps To Debut At Open House In Lafourche Parish
The public is invited to view newly revised Preliminary Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps for Lafourche Parish at an open house scheduled for Wednesday, Jan.
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