This kind of family dysfunction damages the generations and it's so important to support the Ellicott children. They are forced through the public analysis of their family dynamics and no matter how dark you paint their dad, these kids are still half him -- genetically and by his presence in their formative years. Mike Ellicott is smart, served his country, and made it to a good pilot job. His kids have many reasons to love him. They have many reasons to love their mom too. Flip comments about letting him "get it in jail" are hurtful. Yes, Mike will get justice in the courts. Pray that his kids get the healing that they need: loving male mentoring, loving encouragement as individuals that they each have a good future no matter what dynamics they come from, and a personal relationship with Our Heavenly Father who loves them very much. May God heal this family on every level. Please pray for the Ellicotts.

Why didn't Scott Ballard try this case?

Actually that insults all of the real animals in the nature preserve. My apologies to the real animals. God knows all of the real animals are better than this waste of clean air.

Thank you to Cal and the citizen staff for NOT posting all of the ugly details from the police report. I'm friends with one of the neighbors and I don't think any of us has the stomach for the "rest of the story". Thank you for not subjecting us to that.

I hope our prison system is very unkind, but just in dealing with this savage beast!

Attention Sheriff Hannah: STOP RUNNING SUCH A CLEAN JAIL!! Why do you have to go by the book all of the time? Why? Let the other prisoners have this joker.

What a pathetic loser. Let's hope he gets put away for a long time so he doesn't move on and do this to another woman. I would consider this type of crime to be one for which there is no rehabiliation. If you'll beat your wife in your house with your children at home, I believe you are capable of anything. I hope his fellow inmates will help him see what the world thinks of wifebeaters. I look forward to him receiving a very long jail sentence.

C'mon bedwetters--- log in and defend this guy. Tell us he is the victim. Tell us that if you put in a prayer group he can be rehabbed. Tell us that he has suffered enough. Muddle was right--- how can you be an innocent child and then grow into being an animal like that.

How come on a case like this we're not getting the DA but the second string? Tells us a little about priorities. You get some school attendance cheater, and there's Scooter in the limelight. Why not in this case?