True Crime with Rachel Shannon
DISTURBING: Mom Claims she was "TRICKED" Into MURDERING Her Children: The Case of Tiffanie Lucas
Fri, 07 Mar 2025
To those on the outside, Tiffanie Lucas was an amazing mother who loved her 2 young sons. However, those who knew her best knew that she was hiding some dark secrets. No one knew just how sick and disturbed Tiffanie truly was until November 8, 2023, when her 2 young sons, Jayden and Maurice, were found shot to death in their home. What are your thoughts on Jayden and Maurice's disturbing case? Let's discuss in the comments. Thank you guys for watching, hope to see you next time!
Chapter 1: What are the initial impressions of Tiffanie Lucas?
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Social media is designed to be misleading. Most people only post the most positive parts of their lives, leaving out their struggles to make themselves seem like the best person or the best parents with the best family.
We have seen even when parents actively abuse their children, all they post on Facebook or social media is photos of them all smiling and laughing together, portraying the image of a happy, uncomplicated family. But as we know, there is almost always so much more behind the scenes that people don't want those on the outside to see, and that rings true especially with today's case.
Today's case is going to be a rough one. It's one that I've been following since the very beginning but I haven't wanted to cover it too early because I wanted to understand more about how and why this happened before sharing it with you.
And while we still don't have all the answers that I would want to have in a horrific case like this, I still wanted to bring this case to you all and share the stories of these two sweet, adorable boys who lost their lives far, far too soon. This is the story of Jaden and Maurice.
Nine-year-old Jaden Howard and his little brother, six-year-old Maurice Baker Jr., were born to their mother, 32-year-old Tiffany Lucas. Both were born to different fathers, but they were living with Tiffany in Shepherdsville, Kentucky at the time and for most of their lives growing up. Jaden's father unfortunately passed away back in 2019, but Jaden did have a much older brother named Darrell.
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Chapter 2: What is the background of Jaden and Maurice?
I'm not exactly sure how old Darrell is, but he looks to be at least in his late 20s. According to Darrell, when their father passed away, he became a lot more involved in his little brother's life and in Maurice's life as well. According to family members, both boys were just so sweet, polite, and happy.
They both loved playing video games, especially with Darrell, who again is Jaden's older brother. Maurice, who family members call little Reese, loved playing soccer. He loved being outside and riding his bike around. Both boys were so precious and were so loved by everyone around them. I love you.
What?
Say what's up, y'all. Say what's up, people.
We just played a card game. That was it. Simple as that. And then we had the best time. Best time ever. Because I should have did more. If it came to me coming to snatch the boys out of the house, I should have did that. And I will hold that on my back for the rest of my life. For both of them boys. I just know Jaden and Peanut, I know they're together.
And I know my father probably waiting on them. Waiting on both of them.
Now if you were to look at Tiffany's social media, you would see that all she posts about is her children, self-love, and her journey to self-improvement and fitness. But most of all, she's constantly posting about just how proud she is to be the mother to her amazing little boys who are her entire world.
For Jaden's sixth birthday, Tiffany posted to her Facebook, quote, Jaden is seriously the strongest and sweetest, most incredible little king I have ever met. And I'm not saying that because he's my child. Everyone who has ever met Jaden, loved Jaden, and been around Jaden will tell you. God took his time with Jaden. God knew what he was doing with this one.
I'm so blessed every day I get to spend with Jaden. The countless hugs, cuddles, and conversations we share. I could never take for granted. I love and admire Jaden every day, not just on his birthday. I love my Kings different and that's why Jaden and Peanut are different types of children.
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Chapter 3: How did Tiffanie Lucas portray her motherhood on social media?
She loved them to bits and only wanted what was best for them.
Are you laughing? Are you laughing? Go peanut. Go peanut. Go peanut. Go peanut. Yay. Oh, whoopsie.
Tiffany was also once known as someone with a lot of ambitions who worked hard to achieve her goals and overcome whatever obstacles came her way. Back in 2016, Tiffany opened up her own small business called Miss Tiff's One Stop Shop, which was a convenience store located in Louisville, Kentucky.
She had been interviewed by local media about her business and she talked about the struggles of being a small business owner. Basically saying that Walmart opened up nearby and was driving customers away and it was really hard for a small business to operate when those big companies are so close by.
Unfortunately, her business did not last long with the doors closing back in 2017, only a year after the doors opened.
WDRB has been digging into Tiffany Lucas background to find out more about her. We learned that she was once a business owner whom we interviewed actually in 2016. She had just opened Miss Tiff's one stop shop convenience store on West Broadway. We spoke with her seven years ago about the impact as a young entrepreneur after Walmart pulled its plan to open a store in that same area.
A lot of people don't make their way down here, but if there's a Walmart, you know, you come out of the woodworks for Walmart. So probably would have brought a lot of people to, you know, stop and check us out.
Business records show her store closed in 2017.
However, what Tiffany chose to show the outside world isn't necessarily what was happening behind closed doors. First, Tiffany did have some struggles that she didn't necessarily want to share with the world. She appeared to have a past history with drugs, spending at least one month in jail at one point for drug possession back in 2018.
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Chapter 4: What struggles did Tiffanie Lucas face in her life?
She wouldn't get a job, she wouldn't work, and she struggled with drugs. According to family members, they didn't really know exactly how she made her money because she did live in a house and she lived on her own with her boys. But they thought that maybe she worked in escort type services or something like that.
Michelle would later say that they found some emails on Tiffany's computer that she would just leave open that sort of proved that she was working as an escort of some sort to make some money. She didn't seem to be interacting with the best types of people either. people who could provide her with weapons and drugs and things like that.
In addition, family members say that she would leave the boys at home alone for extended periods of time while she was out. Not only that, but she would also leave them in the car and lock them in while she went out and did things. The house was dirty and the boys just were not well taken care of by Tiffany.
According to family members, they did try to reach out to CPS multiple times from the time that the boys were very young, but CPS never did anything.
They told Maurice and Jayden's families that there was never enough evidence to prove that Tiffany was not a fit mother, despite the fact that she was actively using drugs, would leave them alone for long periods of time, and didn't keep a clean or sanitary home.
So obviously, many family members are very frustrated with how CPS handled this or how they didn't handle it at all and for their lack of care with these boys. Even a few friends of Tiffany's felt like something was off with how she just was as a person and how she treated her sons.
According to one friend, Talia, she and her two children were with Tiffany and the boys just a few days before they were killed. They actually spent Halloween together. She said that things were totally normal that day. She said that Tiffany had always appeared to be a competent mother to her and she believed that she treated those boys well.
She did believe that how she portrayed her life on Facebook was pretty close to accurate. She called them kings every day and constantly reminded them of how loved they were. However, outside of their children playing together and then being friends through that, Talia said that there was always something about Tiffany that rubbed her the wrong way.
She said that Tiffany could get upset and angry very, very quickly, almost like flipping a switch. So if the kids weren't around, Talia didn't necessarily always get along with Tiffany just as her own person. And she said that she felt bad for those children who had to deal with Tiffany's angry outburst firsthand.
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Chapter 5: How did the community react to the boys' deaths?
The two boys were rushed to the hospital in critical condition but died two hours later.
After arresting Tiffany, detectives conducted an interview that lasted about three hours long. During that time, she told officers that she was in such a bad shot, saying that the shooting was actually an accident. She went on to say that she would never do anything like this unless someone gave her a gun and manipulated her.
She said that she must have been controlled through Facebook, the internet, or through Wi-Fi for doing what she did.
And we love them so much. So many other people really love them and could have been there to help them. But she wouldn't allow that. She was too selfish. And now they're gone.
Family members of the boys who sat through court Tuesday say they were good, happy kids.
They should both be here today in school, going to school, learning, playing sports.
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Chapter 6: What events led up to the tragedy on November 8, 2023?
In court, Bullitt County Detective Richard Beal said after Lucas was taken to the sheriff's office, she was in the interview room for about three hours.
I asked Miss Lucas if she meant to hurt her children. She indicated that it was an accident.
He said she also told him no one else had been in her home and that she left the gun in the bedroom.
She also made some comments such as. Quote, I'm in such a bad spot. In quote. Quote, I'm so stupid in quote. In quote, I would never do anything like this unless someone manipulated me in quote.
Nobody should can manipulate you to do such a horrific. Ain't nobody kid can can manipulate you to do that as yourself.
Bill also said there's surveillance clips from neighbors, one showing Lucas outside and the other that doesn't show Lucas, but does have audio of what sounds like four gunshots in approximately four minutes and 28 seconds later, Miss Luke, Miss Lucas exit her home and yell for help. The case now going through the court system.
She showed no emotion. She shows no emotion.
The day following the murders, November 9th, Tiffany appeared for her bond hearing where she pled not guilty. She was given a $2 million bail and it was said throughout all of her hearings, Tiffany showed absolutely no emotion. She didn't show any remorse. She didn't apologize for what she did and she didn't take any accountability.
She was stone-faced through everything and refused to even speak a word.
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Chapter 7: What were the circumstances surrounding the discovery of Jaden and Maurice?
Without knowing what went wrong, the only certainty now is the heartbreak felt at the loss of two beautiful, innocent lives.
Of course, after the murders of those two precious boys, their families are left stunned and devastated. No one knows why this happened. No one can speak to possible motives here other than to say that she was always mentally unstable and not fit to be a mother. But even with that, we don't know if she was using drugs at the time. We don't know if she snapped.
We don't know if she did this out of malice towards their father's sides of the families. We truly don't have those answers right now. We also don't know if she was abusing those children.
One thing that stuck out to me when I was reading these articles was that she was frantically cleaning the carpet while the boys were playing outside on the lawn and then it was just hours later that they were killed. I don't know if there's a connection, but I'm sure there is.
I wonder if something happened where she hurt one of the boys and there was maybe blood on the carpet or something like that, or maybe someone had an accident. I don't know, and she was just cleaning the carpet, frustrated and upset for whatever reason, and... All of it came to a head and she took it out on those boys that day. That is one thing that stuck out to me.
We don't really know any information about that because police haven't released any information related to that. In fact, police have not released a lot of information to begin with. So again, there are still so, so many questions that just do not have answers right now. However, with that being said, family members do believe that she intentionally killed those kids.
It wasn't an accident, like she claimed. You can't be manipulated into doing something so awful and so horrific. People have also said that they are frustrated with CPS's lack of care when they tried reporting their concerns. Again, they never did anything. There was so much they could have done to prevent this from happening, yet they did nothing.
As for the investigation and what, if anything, Tiffany has said in addition to what I have told you is being kept very close to the vest by investigators. We also don't have a lot of information regarding evidence or if there was a history of abuse
or things like that we don't know what they found in the home that could have been of significance i'm sure they went through her social media and her phone to look at what she was telling people in the days before so there could have been some sort of indication there we don't have a lot of the answers and police are not releasing a lot as of right now all we know is that tiffany lucas murdered her two young children by shooting each of them in the head for seemingly no reason
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