A South Carolina woman who killed her two children and a 28-year-old woman before turning the gun on herself left behind a series of suicide notes, including one for her estranged husband .
Jessica Edens had been locked in a heated custody battle with her husband, Ben Edens, when she was found dead alongside their 5-year-old daughter, Harper Edens, and her 9-year-old son, Hayden King, inside a locked, running jeep on July 13.
“To Ben, you have caused me more pain than I’ve been in my life. You have caused my children pain. I hate you,” she said in the hand-written note. “I hope you rot one day for what you have done to me and my kids.
“You can no longer hurt us. We are at peace. I hope you live with pain and shame and guilt for the rest of your life.”
Hayden King, 9, and Harper Edens, 5, were killed by their mother in South Carolina . (Handout)
Ahead of the deadly attack, Edens was left distraught by a Family Court proceeding the same week of the shooting, acc