"Respectfully?"  Do you think that prefacing your insulting comments with the word "respectfully" dilutes the rudeness of your assumptions?  Her sister was murdered and her niece and nephews stolen away in the night by the murderer's family to Texas. There they proceeded to lie to the court in order to gain custody, then refused to let Ms. Rice see the children. Further, the children are in imminent harm from their abusive father - the one who murdered their mother. Ms. Rice - who clearly loves  her sister's children - promised her sister she would care for them. She has every reason to be upset, not only about how her sister died, but the fact that her violence- prone murderer has easy access to her niece and nephews.