# Fatal Custody

https://mins.news/en/item/111389

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-22 15:08 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/fault-lines/2026/10/22/fatal-custody?traffic_source=rss

> Hope Hooton and Kellie Elliott feared their children were unsafe with their fathers and raised warnings with family courts. Both fathers later had unsupervised time with the children and killed them. Fault Lines examines how warnings can be missed or dismissed, the treatment of violence against a parent as a risk to children, and changes advocates say could prevent similar losses.

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