‘So Stupid’: Kentucky Mom Who Shot Her Two Biracial Kids Within 30 Seconds, Then Claimed It Was An Accident, Will Give Up Insanity Plea to Take Full Responsibility for Her Actions

A 33-year-old mother from Kentucky pleaded guilty to murdering her two young sons after initially claiming she was “legally insane” when she shot them both in the head inside their home late last year. Tiffanie Lucas had been facing a trial in December for the deaths of Maurice “Peanut” Baker Jr., 6, and Jayden Howard, 9, who were both biracial. Lucas was indicted for shooting both children in a bedroom of their Shepherdsville home on Bentwood Drive on Nov. 8, 2023. Tiffanie Lucas with her two boys (Facebook Screengrab @TiffanieLucas) Her court appearance on Oct. 23 followed a delay in her change of plea hearing that had been scheduled for last week, reports said. Back in September, Lucas’s defense team announced that their trial strategy would be to argue an insanity defense, claiming the defendant snapped at the time of the shootings.  Previously, Lucas was accused of firing four shots within 30 seconds before claiming the shooting was accidental. She also stated that she was manipulated into her actions through Facebook and the internet. On the morning of the killings, neighbors discovered Lucas lying in their driveway, crying that her “kids were dying.” The man of the house went next...