The South Carolina man accused of killing his five children was an ex-convict whose homes were visited by social workers a dozen times in the past three years.
The children seemed happy and well-adjusted despite occasional spankings, and the family took a summer trip to Disney World and the beach, according to documents released by the Department of Social Services on Thursday. Authorities never found anything serious enough to take the children away, but the documents show Timothy Ray Jones Jr. as a single father and computer engineer struggling to raise his children.
Jones killed his five children at home, "by violent means," about a week before his ex-wife reported them missing
A social worker last visited Jones two weeks before the children's disappearance.
"Dad appears to be overwhelmed as he is unable to maintain the home, but the children appear to be clean, groomed and appropriately dressed," wrote the case worker, who name was blacked out.
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