I don’t see “wife” or “husband” anywhere in the linked article.
I can’t help but wonder, even though he was the father of the child and living with the child’s mother, if the child would have been safer with her father had she been conceived in wedlock.
This guy looks like a druggie, a drunk or both. Where you have abuses of controlled substances, you could most be assured that any children are neglected or abused. The drugs or the drinks become far more important than the babies.