Shaniece Willingham, Valrico, Florida mom livestreams herself trying to drown her 3 kids along with herself at community pool ’cause she couldn’t take it anymore

According to Florida investigators, a Valrico lady allegedly attempted to drown her three children and herself in a neighborhood pool because she 'could no longer take it anymore.

Shaniece Willingham, 24, was arrested after she was seen tying her three children together and to herself before diving into a communal pool in an attempt to drown everyone. The mother planned to webcast the encounter and share the resulting tragedy with her three children's father.

According to a motion for pretrial detention obtained by Law&Crime, Willingham got into an argument over the phone with the childrens’ father, Theophilus Williams, on September 24. The fight resulted in her leaving the home with her three children – 3 years old, 2 years old, and 8 months old – after Williams said he ‘doesn’t give a f—‘ when she told him to ‘pick them up.’

Willingham allegedly put the three children into a wagon and just after 1 a.m and walked them to a community pool while streaming on Instagram and making comments that worried relatives.

 

‘In the video, the defendant was telling everybody this was her ‘last goodbye, and she could not take it anymore’ and also said ‘she loved her kids so much, but she could not leave them behind because no one can take care of them, and they would be safe with God,’ the motion read along with the mother stating, ‘I know I am going to hell.’

Willingham allegedly entered the pool, contacted her mother on FaceTime to tell her she loved her and to indicate she was in the water, and then 'used a rope to tie her and her children together so they could all be linked together after entering the pool.'

Willingham forced her children into the pool after seeing a white SUV enter the parking lot, 'in an attempt to kill herself and her children,' according to the motion. Several bystanders, including those who arrived in the SUV, helped save the three children and Willingham.

Following her arrest, Willingham was charged with numerous attempted murder, among other offenses, according to a Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office announcement.

The matter is still open for further inquiry.