Hope Hooton
Child safety advocate, author of "There's Still Hope," and host of the "Voices Against Filicide" podcast who championed the Alec and Lydia Act after her two children were killed in 2024.
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PODCASTS
Sep 23, 2026
Phil McGrawHOST
I guess the first place to start is to just tell us in your own words what happened and what frustrations you dealt with in trying to protect these precious children.
Hope HootonGUEST
After filing for divorce and asking for divorce, their father threatened suicide in front of them, first off.
Hope HootonGUEST
Then I got an order of protection against him for abuse, physical and sexual violence that was granted.
Hope HootonGUEST
And he broke that order by calling me and leaving, uh, ideolic, um, voicemails talking about Satan and demons and things that, uh, biblical ideologies that we didn't believe in.
Phil McGrawHOST
And how long after that did the tragedy take place where he murdered the children and then took his own life?
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And because of that failure, that this is why Alec and Lydia are not with us any longer.
Hope HootonGUEST
So from my attorney, his attorney, the judge, the courts, Department of Child Services, everybody played a role in this failure.
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And of course, I always hope that if there's anything I can do or any of my team members can do to support you, that you reach out.