Detectives fanning out across PickensCounty gathered dozens of statements detailing a fractious relationship between Hendricks, her sons and her ex-husband.
"I know it sounds pretty fricking bizarre, but we pray a lot as a family, " Hendricks told investigators in a room at the PickensCounty Sheriff's Office, just hours after authorities discovered the bodies.
Across the border in PickensCounty, 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.