On January 13, 2017, three members of the Taylor family were found shot to death in their Williamsburg, Kentucky, home. Thirteen-year-old Jolee Grace Taylor, her father Larry Taylor, 56, and her sister Jessie Taylor, 18, were discovered in their bedrooms with the covers drawn up around them. Responding Whitley County deputies encountered Courtney Taylor, the mother and wife, outside the residence armed with a handgun; a deputy fired and wounded her.

While being treated, Courtney reportedly said she wanted to die and later told detectives she had killed her daughters because she didn’t want them growing up without a mother. Court records show she was charged with three counts of capital murder and two counts of attempted murder for threatening deputies. In February 2020 she entered an Alford plea to avoid a death-penalty trial and was sentenced in June 2020 to life without parole.

Does anyone have information about the family’s situation in the months before January 2017 that could shed light on what happened?