There is a local bookstore for home schooling. When the Yates's first visited it Rusty walked into the store and checked it out. He then let the wife and kids come in. They never spoke unless he spoke to them first.
A neighbor of theirs we know said that the kids almost never were allowed outside in the front yard. They were inside all the time. 5 kids and mom in a 1600 sq. ft. house.
Does not excuse what she did. But there is something odd about Russell "van dam" Yates