The Horrifying True Story of the Hart Family Murder-Suicide

In 2006, Jen and Sarah, who had then been dating for about a year at the time, became first-time mothers in a big way: A set of siblings—Markis, 8, Hannah, 4, and Abigail, 2—entered their family as foster children.

In a detailed Facebook post, Jen recounted the hardships of their first night of motherhood, but said they remained committed to becoming mothers to the three Texas siblings. “If not us—WHO?” she wrote.

Two years later, they took in three more foster children, another trio of siblings: Devonte, 5, Jermiah, 4, and Ciera, 3, with the couple changing the spelling of the latter two children’s name to Jeremiah and Sierra.