UPDATE: Custody of Clare, daughter of Murdered Eric Miller

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I certainly hope the judge decides in the favor of the Miller family. They
deserve to have the daughter of their murdered son IMO. Throughout the long
search for justice in this case, the Millers have conducted themselves with
dignity, something greatly lacking in Ann Miller herself.

In-Laws: Keep Ann Miller Kontz Away From Daughter

Posted: 10 minutes ago
Updated: 9 minutes ago

Wilmington — The parents of murdered AIDS researcher Eric Miller on Tuesday
asked a judge to block all contact between their granddaughter and their
daughter-in-law, admitted killer Ann Miller Kontz.

Kontz confessed in November 2005 to the fatal poisoning of her husband five
years earlier. She is serving a 25-year prison sentence.

A Wilmington judge last April accepted an agreement to place the Millers'
daughter in the custody of Kontz's sister and brother-in-law, Danielle and
Dan Wilson of Wilmington. Verus and Doris Miller, Eric Miller's parents,
have secondary custody of 7-year-old Clare Miller and frequently travel from
their Indiana home to visit her in North Carolina.

The Millers' attorney, Robert Ponton, said they feel strongly that Clare
have no contact with her mother. Kontz previously had visits with her
daughter in prison but has only talked with her daughter on the phone since
the custody agreement was reached.

"Our evidence will support there should be no contact between inmate Ann
Miller and the minor child," Ponton said.

The Millers also want to rework the custody agreement to gain primary
custody of Clare.

"I think she needs to know her father's side of the family," Verus Miller
said, adding that Danielle Wilson had promised him she would help the couple
gain custody if Kontz was convicted in the case.

But James Lea, the Wilson's attorney, said pulling Clare out of the Wilson's
home would be traumatic for the girl.

"She is extremely bonded to Dan and Danielle and is insecure at being taken
away from them," Lea said. "You have a young child that at the end of the
hearing who could potentially not have a mother or father."

Kontz wasn't at the hearing. Her lawyer said she didn't want to be a
distraction.

"It is not because she is indifferent or not concerned," attorney Al Clyburn
said. "She wants the court to understand this case is about Clare."

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I think that Clara needs to be with the miller family

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