Erin Caffey Was 16 Years Old When She Made Plans To Kill Her Entire Family.

She carried out her plans on March 1, 2008…

Erin came from a conservative and protective family. Her family began homeschooling her when she was 13 after her family moved from Alba, Texas, to Celeste, Texas, to be closer to a conservative Baptist church where her parents worked as ministers.

Erin initially started the eighth grade at public school, but her parents were horrified when a girl at school tried to kiss Erin. The Caffeys reacted by

”abruptly pull[ing] their children out of school a month into the academic year, and Penny began teaching them a Bible-based curriculum at home.”

For Erin, homeschooling seemed like

“an isolated existence for an otherwise social girl whose life was largely circumscribed to the church and her parents’ house, six miles from town.”

Erin reportedly

“didn’t have many friends.”

This isolation apparently took its toll.