"...The mother left, not only the seven kids by Rodney, but she left her oldest son with him as well, Hardy said. She abandoned him and the kids. Todd served 16 months behind bars for assaulting his wife in a domestic dispute, Hardy said. Upon his release, he came home, caught her in bed with another man, and the man was abusing the kids. He took his seven kids and her son and raised them on his own.
No wonder the guy had anger problems. This woman sounds like a real peach.
It's interesting. He was working, and apparently getting some welfare, but didn't apply for utility aid, and it turns out he had an illegal meter getting power...that is probably why he didn't apply.