Fatal Custody: How family courts missed domestic violence warning signs | Fault Lines

Hope Hooton and Kellie Elliott feared their children were not safe with their fathers. Hope sought protection after her husband threatened suicide and later experienced a psychiatric crisis. Kellie documented years of domestic violence and abuse. Yet both fathers had unsupervised time with their children, whom they later killed. Through the stories of these two mothers, Fault Lines investigates how evidence of danger can be missed, dismissed or fail to reach family courts at all. The film examines the push for equal custody, the failure to treat violence against a parent as a risk to children and the changes advocates say could prevent other families from suffering the same losses. Director & Producer: Amina Waheed Correspondent: Natasha Del Toro Director of Photography: Joel Van Haren Editor: Adrienne Haspel Executive Producer: Laila Al-Arian Associate Producer & Fact Checking: Mehr Sher Additional field production: Nicolas Pollack and Jeremy Young Production Management: Anabelle Rojas Legal: George Stephanopoulos Sound Mix: Luke Rohwer Colorist: Anna Stalter Digital Producer: Gaure Mdee Intern: Khadeejah Khan Archive: Surprise Police Department, Preble County Sheriff’s Office, Hope Hooton, Kellie Johnson Special thanks: Rafi Mustafa, Kara Durfield, Danielle Pollack, Preble County Courthouse Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on X : https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.news/AJEMobile #domesticviolenceawareness #children #police #danger #family #aljazeeraenglish