Amy T. Hebert is a woman from Mathews, an unincorporated area in Lafourche Parish,


Louisiana, who was convicted of murdering her two children in August 2007 in an act of revenge against her ex-husband; she also killed the family dog.

She was sentenced to life in prison. As per her sentence she cannot get parole.



Background


Amy Hebert, née Talbot, was an Evangelical Christian and worked as a teacher's aide at Lockport Lower Elementary School in Lockport, Louisiana.


She originated from Lafourche Parish and at one time resided in Thibodaux.


In Hebert's criminal trial, experts summoned by the prosecution and the defense stated that Hebert had been severely depressed around the time of the crime.


Chad Hebert, her husband, sought a divorce in 2005, and the divorce action, which Hebert never challenged, was concluded in April 2006.


Chad Hebert subsequently entered into a relationship with another woman, whom he married in 2008.


At the times of their deaths Braxton John Hebert, the boy, attended Lockport Lower, while his sister, Camille Catherine, attended Lockport Upper Elementary School.


Chad and Amy Hebert jointly held custody of them.


Raymond Legendre of Houma Today/The Daily Comet stated that the boy was "mildly autistic".

The family had a dog named Princess.


Crime


On August 20, 2007, Amy Hebert fatally stabbed her children and the family dog; Camille was 9 and Braxton was 7. Hebert told a psychiatrist that Camille had begged for her life.


The children had defensive wounds to their hands and arms.Camille had about 30–35 stab wounds to the front of her torso while Braxton had about 50-55 stab wounds to his torso,


with about 30 to the front and 20–25 to the back.


All of Camille's vital organs had been hit, and both victims had been stabbed in the heart.

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