STONEHAM, Mass. -- The family of figure skater Nancy Kerrigan has asked for privacy following the death of her father and an assault charge lodged against her brother.

A brief statement issued by the family Monday calls Daniel Kerrigan a "wonderful husband" and "a caring and loving father."

The statement does not mention the charge against Mark Kerrigan, who is accused of assaulting his father early Sunday in the family's suburban Boston home. Police found Daniel Kerrigan unconscious and an autopsy to determine cause of death is pending.

John Edwards former aide says he is "skeptical" that the former presidential contender is now a "doting, loving" father of his mistress' toddler after trying for so long to hide his paternity.

Andrew Young also suggested that Edwards finally admitted his fatherhood this week because an upcoming book includes evidence of Edwards' attempt to hide his paternity.

"It's been two and half years," Young told ABC News, referring to the amount of time that Edwards first began denying an affair with Rielle Hunter and later denying that her toddler, Frances Quinn, was his daughter.

BOSTON - The prosecution in the kidnapping trial of the man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller depicted him as a master manipulator who was angry -- not insane -- when he kidnapped his 7-year-old daughter.

Rockefeller, whose real name is Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, is charged with snatching his daughter, Reigh, during a supervised visit in Boston last July. He and the girl were found six days later in Baltimore.