Husband wants separate custody trial

Hudsons face charges in death of adopted son; court must decide fate of couple’s other children

By: Lynn LaRowe - Texarkana Gazette -

Published: 11/07/2009

Staff photo by Lynn LaRowe Rebecca Henson, right, her sister Anita Vallejos, middle, and her mother Wanda Baird plead with a representative of Court Appointed Special Advocates following a custody hearing concerning the parental rights of Bill and Cynthia Hudson. Henson is the biological mother of three of the six children the Hudsons adopted from foster care. Cynthia Hudson is accused of beating one of them to death last year.

LINDEN, Texas —The defense attorney representing the adoptive father of a slain 13-year-old wants a custody trial concerning five other kids held separately from his wife.

Texarkana defense attorney Al Smith, who is representing Bill Hudson, told Cass County Court at Law Judge Donald Dowd he may also be filing a motion for a change of venue in the custody trial of five children whose brother died Dec. 3, 2008, of injuries allegedly inflicted by their adoptive mother.

Cynthia Hudson, 46, was the adopted foster mother of Samuel Hudson, 13, his biological 14-year-old broth...

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November, 2009