"Um, my two sons," Laurel Michelle Schlemmer told emergency services in April 2014. The Pittsburg woman, described as leading a normal, quiet life before her two sons drowned, entered the court handcuffed on Wednesday (US time). In a videorecorded interview, Schlemmer told police "voices" told her to do it reports CBS News. The court heard that on April 16, 2013, Schlemmer took the boys, Luke, then 2, and Daniel, then 5, to her parents' house. Lawyers acting for Schlemmer have said that they will show the court Schlemmer was insane or operating under diminished mental capacity when the drownings took place.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 12, 2017 04:18 UTC