Woman confessed to have shot and killed her two daughters

the mother (left)who admitted to have shot and killed her two daughters

 An East Texas mother is facing capital murder charges after confessng to killing her 5- and 7-year-old daughters overnight.  

Henderson County Sheriff Botie Hillhouse said 29-year-old Sarah Nicole Henderson is being held in the county jail. Her bond has not yet been set.

There were calls to family's home Wednesday night near the town of Payne Springs. The first call went to EMS about a suicidal woman. A deputy went to the home around 11:30 p.m. to investigate but did not find any cause for alarm. Three hours later around 2:30 a.m., the sheriff says Sarah’s husband, Jake Henderson, called 911 saying she had shot and killed the two children inside their rural Henderson County home. Report said

Fox4news.com reports that when paramedics arrived at the home, they found 5-year-old Kenlie and 7-year-old Kaylee dead. Investigators say Sarah admitted to shooting the children but did not offer a motive.

The sheriff says Jake was interviewed at length at the sheriff’s office and was released. 

Neighbors across the street from the home say they often heard the mother speaking harshly to the little girls.

"She yelled at them constantly,” said neighbor Jaylne Palmer. “We could hear her yelling and cussing at the girls. Terrible language. ‘Get you’re blah blah blah in here.’ That was mainly why I never really met her because she just wasn't my kind of person."

Another neighbor says the family was struggling a bit financially and only relying on Jake's income. 

Mabank ISD Superintendent Russell Marshall in a letter to parents said the girls were both Southside Elementary students. The oldest was in the second grade and her sister was a kindergartner.

The school plans to make counselors available for their classmates and teachers.