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You are here: Home / News / Father of 3-Year-Old Found Dead in Park Swing Wanted Sole Custody

Father of 3-Year-Old Found Dead in Park Swing Wanted Sole Custody

May 25, 2015

The father of a 3-year-old boy found dead in a Maryland park swing last week, just days after the father filed for sole custody, wonders if the legal system is to blame.

James Lee said he went to court before his son Ji-Aire was found dead while being pushed in the swing by his mother. Lee was concerned the mother, Romechia Simms, was suffering from mental illness. He said he did not want to keep Ji-Aire’s mother out of his life forever; he just wanted her to get help. He believed he was the better parent at the time. A judge disagreed. [Read Full Article]

 

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