Amy Hebert

Amy Hebert is a woman from Mathews, an unincorporated area in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, who was convicted of murdering her two children in August 2007. She was sentenced to life in prison.

Amy Hebert, born Amy 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. At one time she resided in Thibodaux. In her 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 it was concluded during the following year, in April 2006. Chad Hebert subsequently entered into a relationship with another woman; he married her in 2008.

At the times of their deaths Braxton John Hebert, the boy, attended Lockport Lower, while his sister, Camille Catherine Hebert, attended Lockport Upper Elementary School. Chad and Amy Hebert jointly held custody of them.

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. Camille was also stabbed on her scalp about 30 times; the blade did not penetrate her skull.

Amy Hebert also stabbed herself about 30 times. She gave herself wounds in the abdomen, chest, neck, and wrist.

A coworker 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. The father dialed 9-1-1, asking authorities to check on the welfare of the children. His father, R.J. "Buck" Hebert, came to the house and discovered the injured Amy Hebert and the dead victims. Deputies of the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office subsequently entered the house, and used a taser to subdue Hebert.

Hebert was treated in the intensive care unit at Ochsner St. Anne General Hospital in Raceland.

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