Jeannette Swanson, a homeschooling mother, shot and killed her children Louisa, 10, and Swen, 14, in their sleep a week after she was briefly hospitalized for depression and chronic tiredness. Her remaining two sons, aged 20 and 16, were unharmed. She was sentenced to life commitment in Montana State Hospital.
Date: August 26, 2002
Location: Helena, Montana
| Documents: | Date: |
| Death Penalty May Be Unlikely in Killing of Kids | 2002-08-26 |
| Jeannette Swanson |
