Detectives fanning out across Pickens County gathered dozens of statements detailing a fractious relationship between Hendricks, her sons and her ex-husband.

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"I know it sounds pretty fricking bizarre, but we pray a lot as a family, " Hendricks told investigators in a room at the Pickens County Sheriff's Office, just hours after authorities discovered the bodies.

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Across the border in Pickens County, Alabama, radar indicated a tornado set down and the county emergency management director, Ken Gibson, said a path of damage had been left behind in the northwestern part of the county, which borders Mississippi.

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