WENATCHEE, Wash. — New photos and a video shared with KOMO News show the fun and joy the three sisters who were allegedly killed by their father shared before the tragedy.

Paityn, Evelyn, and Olivia are described by family friends as shining brightly with creativity, confidence, and joy. They said the Wenatchee Valley really helped nurture them.

"We are deeply moved and profoundly grateful. There are no words that can capture the weight of this loss," Amy Edwards and Mark Belton, friends of the family, said. “They were the kind of children that everyone rooted for, looked for, looked forward to seeing, and held close in their hearts,” they added.

Edwards and Belton read the family statement with a growing memorial in the background.

Families of the Wenatchee Valley expressed their pai

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