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A murderous father, a battered, loving mother: Rook’s long road to Giants

Her husband murdered three people, injured three more; her world turned insane. Her already frayed family was now shredded, as was the life she knew.

Abieyuwa Odighizuwa’s first instinct was to protect her four young sons, but how was this possible? The oldest, 9-year-old Owa, feared he had rage inside him, like his father, feared he, too, was capable of inflicting harm and causing chaos.

“He was so scared,’’ said the mother, called AB by everyone, dating back to when she was a child in Nigeria. “He was so scared. He told me, ‘Mom, I don’t want to be like my dad.