Timeline of Amish school attack

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PARADISE, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- Charles Carl Roberts IV had planned the fatal attack on an Amish schoolhouse Monday "at least two or three days in advance," State Police Commissioner Jeffrey Miller told CNN.

Below is a rough timeline that police have been able to piece together of events leading up to the attack after interviewing Roberts' wife.

3:00 a.m. -- Roberts is home from work after finishing his milk run, picking up milk between Amish farms.

7:30 a.m.-7:45 a.m. -- Roberts and his wife, Marie, are up with their children getting them ready for school.

8:45 a.m. -- Roberts walks his children to the bus stop

9:00 a.m. -- Marie Roberts leaves the house before Roberts and heads to a church prayer group at the Presbyterian Church, picking up a friend along the way. Charles Roberts was to leave for a random drug test as required by his employer for the license to drive in Pennsylvania.

9:15 a.m. -- Marie Roberts arrives at the Presbyterian Church.

10:30 a.m. -- Marie Roberts leaves the church with her friend.

10:45 a.m. -- Marie Roberts drops off her friend.

10:45 a.m. - 10:50 a.m. -- Roberts' wife tries to call him from their home phone. He had taken her cell phone.

10:48 a.m. -- The Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, emergency communications Web site showed 20 incident calls listed to the normally quiet Bart Township.

10:50 a.m. -- Roberts calls his wife and would not tell her where he is but says he is not coming home and that the police had arrived. He then tells his wife the location of his suicide notes. Roberts' wife finds some of the suicide notes and calls her mother and 911.

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