Amy Hebert
Amy T. Hebert[4] (née Talbot[5]) is a woman from Mathews, Louisiana, United States, 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.[13] A co-worker who noticed Hebert did not show up to work drove by her house and, after knocking on the door and receiving no response, contacted a member of her family.[14] After her hospitalization, Hebert was booked to be held at the Lafourche Parish Detention Center in Thibodaux, but instead was held at the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women (LCIW) in St. Gabriel, the sole state prison for women in Louisiana; this arrangement was made since Lafourche Parish Detention Center could not accommodate a female pre-trial inmate who was accused of committing a felony and who needed medical care.[18][1] The defense lawyers were George Parnham, Richard Goorley, and Marty Stroud; the first had defended Andrea Yates and the latter two were from Capital Assistance Project of Louisiana.Dr. Alexandra Philips, the psychiatrist at Ochsner St. Anne, stated that Hebert, an evangelical Christian, had told her "Satan was in the room laughing at her".The prosecutor also presented two suicide notes written by Hebert to her ex-husband and mother in law,[1] which stated that he had committed infidelity and that he would not get the children.[24] Her legal representation, based in New Orleans, was Letty S. Di Giulio, who stated that the interviews with mental health experts proved she was insane.[28] Joe Soignet, an assistant attorney with Lafourche Parish's courts, stated that the action, which is an example of the length of time an appeals process is completed for a prisoner, as over a decade had elapsed after the conviction, "literally closes the book on the case.[25] John DeSantis of The Houma Times wrote, "Residents of local communities reeled from news of the case, horrified by the children’s deaths.