Dad in "nasty custody battle" kills 5-year-old daughter, 9-year-old son in murder-suicide (Los Angeles County, California)

The coverage is very fathers rights-biased. Dad ALAN DEAN EDWARDS wasn't some poor "depressed" victim who "snapped" because he was deprived of his kids.

In reality, Daddy was an control freak abuser with a long history of death threats. If ABC had been consulting the man's OWN DAUGHTER from a previous relationship--instead of the Clueless (male)Neighbor--they would have known this. From the NY Daily News:

Edwards' 17-year-old daughter from a previous relationship told the station, "We all knew he was going to snap eventually," said Jordyn, who asked to be identified by only her first name. "He'd already lost me because of the way he treated me. So it was a power thing for him," she said, fighting back tears.
Her father had threatened her mother in the past, she said, and had said he would kill her and her mother.

So the real question is not why Daddy "snapped" or why he wasn't granted "joint custody" on demand. THE REAL QUESTION IS THIS: WHY WAS AN CONTROLLING ABUSER WHO HAD LOST CONTACT WITH HIS PREVIOUS DAUGHTER DUE TO ABUSE, A FATHER WITH A HISTORY OF DEATH THREATS, ALLOWED ANY CHILD ACCESS AT ALL? Who allowed this? Was this court-ordered? Let's see the names.

http://abc7.com/news/2-kids-man-killed-in-castaic-lake-crash-identified/428513/

Castaic Lake crash possible murder-suicide

A violent crash that left a father and his two children dead on the southbound 5 Freeway near Castaic Lake Monday is being investigated as a possible murder-suicide.

By Leo Stallworth and ABC7.com staff Tuesday, December 09, 2014 09:36PM

CASTAIC, Calif. (KABC) -- A violent crash that left a father and his two children dead on the southbound 5 Freeway near Castaic Lake Monday is being investigated as a possible murder-suicide.

Alan Dean Edwards, 46, deliberately killed himself and his two young children, 9-year-old Erick Edwards and 5-year-old Alona Edwards.

Investigators say Edwards entered the Whitaker Brake Check area and slammed his white 1997 Honda Accord into the back of a parked big rig at a high rate of speed at about 1 a.m.

When paramedics arrived, they found the Honda wedged underneath the big rig. Investigators say there were no skid marks on the road.

Edwards' neighbors say he was on the losing end of a nasty custody battle over his children with his estranged wife and was being forced out of his home.

"All what he was going through that possibly made him, made him snap, and to me it seems like an acute case of depression, said neighbor Kevin Parham. "He was on the verge of being homeless, no job, he wanted, I think, joint custody of the kids, that didn't happen."