State to retain custody of girls

Hearings in Alamo case continue Monday

By: Lynn LaRowe - Texarkana Gazette

Staff photo by Tanner Spendley Jim Hudson, circuit judge of the 8th Judicial District South, walks out of the Miller County courthouse in Texarkana, Ark., during a recess Friday afternoon. Hudson was presiding over hearings regarding the custody of two girls who were removed from the Tony Alamo Chr...

Staff photo by Tanner Spendley Julie Munsell, spokeswoman for the Arkansas Department of Human Services, speaks to the media inside the Miller County courthouse Friday afternoon about possible outcomes regarding custody of two girls who were removed from the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries compound...

The State of Arkansas will maintain custody of at least two of the six girls removed from the Tony Alamo Ministries compound one week ago, Circuit Judge Jim Hudson decided Friday.

An adjudication hearing to address the girls’ permanent custody is scheduled for Oct. 20.

“There w...

Published: 09/27/2008