Brenda Williamon, 70, (pictured here) was found dead in her home in Jacksonville, Alabama, on Sunday night along with her two daughters in what police have described as a double murder suicide
An elderly mother shot and killed her two adult daughters in their sleep before turning the gun on herself in a horror murder suicide Sunday night.
Brenda Williamon, 70, was found dead in her home in Jacksonville, Alabama, on Monday along with her two daughters in what police have described as a double murder suicide.
Calhoun County Coroner Pat Brown revealed that Brenda is believed to have killed her two daughters, Alicia Williamon, 44, and Jeannie Williamon, 43, before killing herself.
The bodies were discovered Monday inside their home in the 8100 block of Highway 204 after being notified by another family member, according to Al.com.
Police found the two daughters dead in their bed with a single gunshot wound each, as Jacksonville Police Chief Tommy Thompson revealed they had been killed while they were sleeping.
Brenda was found dead in a different part of the house.
According to Thompson, Brenda left a voicemail message for another family member Sunday confessing she had killed her two daughters and that she was now planning on killing herself.
The family member only listened to the voice message on Monday, which is when he notified the police.
Authorities say the killings happened between 11 p.m. and 12 a.m. Sunday evening.
The bodies of the three women were then taken to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences in Huntsville for an autopsy.
This isn’t the first time the police had dealt with the family – Thompson revealed they had been summoned to the Williamon’s home over the years, often on UFO sightings.
Jeannie (pictured here) was set to appear in court on Tuesday after being charged in city court with harassing communications
Brenda and Jeannie were both set to appear in court on Tuesday with Brenda being charged with first-degree stalking, whilst Jeannie was charged in city court with harassing communications.
Madison County Assistant District Attorney Maggie Wallace said the cases originated from when Jeannie was fired as a teacher from Huntsville High School years ago.
Jeannie and Brenda then became obsessed with another teacher who they believed was behind the firing, despite the teacher having nothing to do with it.
The duo began to torment the teacher through emails and voicemails.
They even went to her home to confront her but ended up at their neighbor’s place where they unjustifiably assaulted the wrong a woman.
Alicia, Jeannie’s sister, also suffered from mental illness.
Last week the lawyer for both women requested to withdraw as their counsel as they had been deemed mentally unfit to stand trial.
The bodies of Brenda, 70, and her two adult daughters, 44-year-old Alicia Williamon and 43-year-old Jeannie were discovered Monday inside their home in the 8100 block of Highway 204, pictured above
Attorney Bruce Gardner wrote: ‘This has resulted in an ethical conundrum for counsel.
‘The recent psychological report on the (defendants) stated the defendant is presently not competent to stand trial or make legal decisions. Yet the defendant disagrees with the findings in the psychological report.’
‘The defendant does not want to assert the defense of incompetency. Nor does she want to assert the defense of not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect,’ he wrote.
‘Yet, counsel’s opinion is that each of these defenses must be asserted.’
Authorities have not revealed what the possible motive could be yet.