More here:
https://www.democratandchronicle.co...er-josh-niles-amber-washburn/1223642001/The ONLY thing he did was let his woman convince him to spend the rest of his life behind bars and have the children (Who they'd fought a custody battle over) become orphans. Mommy will go to jail for a long time, step daddy is in jail.
Real daddy is dead and , I assume, step mommy (Amber Washburn) is dead.
Kids were legal custody of Daddy in New York, so unless there's family there, the kids are Wards of the State.