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We are taking a look at the Tiffanie Lucas case out of Kentucky.

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Ted Bauer
Jun 13, 2025
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Tiffanie Lucas just got two life sentences for killing her two sons in November 2023. The sons were by different guys — apparently the father of the nine-year-old son was kidnapped and murdered in 2019 (gruesome), and the father of the six-year-old son had “disappeared,” although in media reports, someone named Michelle Rice claims to be the stepmother of the six-year-old, I.e. Michelle would have to be with the second father. I’m unclear on all the specifics of paternity, but it really doesn’t matter.

This case initially got attention because Lucas was claiming she was “manipulated” by WiFi and Facebook. For a while, her defense team was going for insanity. She had pleaded not guilty. About a year into the process, she had a change of heart and pleaded guilty, and I think she went for a bench situation where the judge decides the fate. The judge handed down two life sentences.

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There were other things going on with Lucas, including:

  • She apparently was at a Waffle House, with the sons, the day before the murders — and the servers said she was “in her own world.”

  • She told a neighbor that “God was talking to her” (not necessarily a bad thing) and when the neighbor asked if she (the neighbor) could help, Lucas said “I need a friend. I need an anchor. I need good people in my life.”

Well, Law and Crime got the body-cam of Lucas’ arrest and initial interrogations, and weirdly, they actually found Lucas laying face down in her neighbor’s driveway. Not sure if it’s the same neighbor she talked to about God.

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