Rachel Shannon

Their weekly visits at the house were now gone.

All throughout February of that year, those who knew the family said that they could tell something was off with each and every one of them.

Penny often seemed distracted and uninterested in their church get-togethers.

Terry seemed to have no energy, and when Erin would sing at the church, her once soulful melodies were flat and emotionless.

By February 27th, Penny actually decided to go online and check out Charlie's online presence.

At the time, social media wasn't nearly as prevalent as it is today, but MySpace was starting to emerge and more and more teenagers and young adults were making pages to connect with one another and express their personalities.

On Charlie's page, he openly cussed and talked about having sex, drinking alcohol, and getting drunk.

To the Caffees, this essentially confirmed their worst fears.

Charlie was a degenerate who was a terrible influence for Aaron.

That night, Terry and Penny sat Aaron down and demanded that the two break up.

Terry said, it's over.

You're breaking up with him today.

It's over now.

To their surprise though, Erin actually didn't fight back.

She admitted that she had been wanting to break up with Charlie for a while now, but just didn't know how.

At that time, she promised her parents that she would end things with Charlie.

From there, the Caffys felt that they could finally breathe.

Erin would finally end this relationship and they could go to bed at night knowing that Erin would no longer be hanging around such a bad influence.

But unfortunately, that piece would not last long at all.

Just three days later, at around 4.30 a.m.