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Today would have been 22-year-old
Taylor Sheats' wedding day, but she and her 17-year-old sister
Madison were
tragically murdered by their own mother.
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According to
The Daily Mail, 42-year-old
Christy stabbed each of her daughters before shooting them.
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"Christy had stabbed the girls before she shot them," a neighbor revealed. "I looked out and I saw her standing over one of the girls with the gun pointed at her and she shot her as she lay on the ground."
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As
Star reported, the girls' father
Jason begged Christy to spare them, but instead, she tried to kill him too.
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"She went to shoot but had run out of bullets," a neighbor claimed. "When she went to reload Jason ran into our house and said 'Call 911.'" Christy was later shot fatally by police.
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Adding another layer of sadness to the tragedy, Taylor's fiancé and would-be in laws are left to mourn on what should have been one of the happiest days of their lives.
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"Yall were part of our family, and that will never change," the groom's sister wrote on Facebook.
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"The sweetest, most wholesome and caring girls in my life... Y'all were a light in the midst of this crazy world. We will love you two until the end of time."