A jury convicted Veronica Youngblood of killing her two daughters — Sharon Castro, 15, and Brooklynn Youngblood, 5 — on Aug. 5, 2018.
The mother admitted to officials that she fatally shot her children, but she pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. Jurors also found her guilty of two counts of felony firearm use.“This case goes well beyond merely having a mental illness,” Fairfax County Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Kelsey Gill said in closing arguments on Tuesday. “This goes well beyond depression. This goes well beyond PTSD. This goes well beyond being suicidal.
Gill described Youngblood as a malicious, selfish and deliberate killer. While Castro called first responders, Gill said, Veronica Youngblood was leaving a message for her ex-husband, Ron Youngblood, telling him that she shot their children and that she hated him.Gill said Veronica Youngblood killed her children to get revenge on her ex-husband, who was planning to move to Missouri with Brooklynn two days before the killings.
Butorac also said Youngblood was hearing voices. Maira Kaczuba, Youngblood’s sister, testified that the defendant had practiced a South American religion called Umbanda, in which, she said, followers believed they could communicate with the dead through rituals. In their rebuttal, the prosecution cast doubt on the defense’s argument that she was insane, arguing that Youngblood was acting disingenuous.
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