Guide Note

Charles Allen Waid is charged with three counts of capital murder in connection to the shooting deaths of Penny Caffey and her two sons, Matthew Caffey and Tyler Caffey. He faces the death penalty. He is also suspected in the attempted murder of the father, Terry Caffey. He was allegedly offered $2,000 to kill the family.

Fast Facts

1. Age: 20
2. 2005: Graduated Rains High School
3. Married, one daughter
4. Boyfriend of Bobbi Gale Johnson
5. Bond: $1.5 million
6. Faces death penalty
7. Plea: Not guilty

Charles Allen Waid's estranged wife says his personality began to change after he began dating Bobbi Gale Johnson. Friends of Johnson said she changed drastically after she began dating Waid in November 2007. She was fired from her job, and had skipped many classes.

1. Discovered about 4 am, March 1, 2008
2. Victims were shot and stabbed
3. House was set on fire
4. Victims: still alive as house burned
5. Family: Members of Miracle Faith Baptist Church
6. Dead:
   • Penny Caffey, 37, stabbed and shot
   • Matthew Caffey, 13, shot in the head
   • Tyler Caffey, 8, stabbed
7. Wounded: Terry Caffey
8. Arrested:
   • Erin Caffey
   • Charlie James Wilkinson, 19
   • Charles Allen Waid, 20
   • Bobbi Gale Johnson, 18
9. Johnson and Waid held on $1.5 million bond
10. Wilkinson held on $2 million bond

On the night of February 29, 2008, Terry Caffey allegedly said his daughter Erin Caffey was not allowed to date Charlie James Wilkinson. Wilkinson and Charles Allen Waid allegedly shot both parents as the parents lay in bed. Matthew and Tyler Caffey came down to investigate the noise, and Wilkinson told both children to go back to bed. Once the boys were back in their room, Waid and Wilkinson shot Matthew in the head and stabbed Tyler to death with a sword. After Wilkinson and Waid left, Terry Caffey, who had been shot in the head, crawled 300 yards to a neighbor's home for help. According to the autopsies, Penny, Matthew and Tyler were all alive when the house burned. Wilkinson and Erin Caffey celebrated the murders by having sex.