A small Kentucky town was shattered on January 13, 2017, when Whitley County deputies responding to a worried relative found 56-year-old Larry Taylor and his daughters, 18-year-old Jessie and 13-year-old Jolee, shot to death in their separate bedrooms. All three were discovered with covers pulled up and had been dead for several hours before the bodies were found. At the scene, 41-year-old Courtney Taylor, the victims’ mother and wife, confronted officers while armed; a deputy shot and wounded her before investigators completed the scene.

Investigators linked the killings to family financial conflict over a depleted workers’ compensation settlement of about $264,000 that Courtney had received. A handwritten note attributed to her included the statement that she didn’t want the children growing up without a mother. After the shootings she reportedly left the home to buy cigarettes and a soda. Following a hospital stay, Courtney Taylor was arrested and charged with three counts of murder; she later entered an Alford plea and was sentenced to life without parole in June 2020.

If anyone knew the Taylors or saw unusual activity around the U.S. 25W home on January 13, 2017, please share what you remember.