By Mike Spector mspector@cecilwhig.com
An Elkton man accused of murdering his brain-damaged wife by keeping her locked in a bedroom regained custody of his three daughters Wednesday.
Judge Dexter M. Thompson Jr. returned the children to John Joseph Dougherty, 53, after a hearing that lasted all afternoon in circuit court.
The county's social services department took custody of the children Feb. 25, after police found their mother dead on a mattress amidst squalid conditions in their Chestnut Drive home.
Either he is a sadist and murderer or he isn't. I guess it all depends on the judge. /sarcasm!
My heart grieves for those poor children.
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Because his wife was brain-damaged and she surely "wouldn't have wanted to live that way" I am surprised that he is facing charges of any kind. Of course, he is a fit father.!!!!!!
God protect those children. Social services can't/ doesn't want to..
*ping*