As she did every day before leaving for work, Secret Holt hugged and kissed her 15-year-old daughter Bailey – a "perfect sweet soul" – goodbye before heading to work on an unremarkable Tuesday morning in January.
A few miles away, Kennadi Spraggs woke up late, “as always.” She ran a brush through her hair, crammed her stuff into a backpack and drove to school blaring "weird indie music with the windows down."
Flashing a smile, a teacher held open a door for Kennadi at the sprawling Marshall County High School, 200 miles southwest of Louisville. It was Jan. 23. She walked into the school – the heart of the tight-knit rural community – and a place that would never be the same again.