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Police: Tampa Woman Planned "Massacre"

TAMPA (CBS4) - The Tampa woman accused of killing her two teenage children reportedly planned their murders days in advance.

Tampa police said they found a note written by Julie Powers Schenecker in which referred to her plan as a "massacre." Police spokeswoman Laura McElroy said Schenecker also noted that the three-day waiting period to buy a gun would "delay the massacre."

Records show Schenecker bought a .38-caliber revolver the weekend before the shootings.

Police have said Schenecker shot her children, 16-year-old Calyx and 13-year-old Beau, for being "mouthy." She is charged with first-degree murder but her arraignment has not yet been scheduled.

Her husband, Army Col. Parker Schenecker, is in Fort Worth, Texas, for Tuesday's funeral for the children.

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