BLOOMINGTON - Five days after Duncan and Jack Leichtenberg disappeared, their mother Amy stood in front of the judge who allowed her ex-husband unsupervised visitation and expressed her anger and outrage with the decision. | Tougher custody laws needed?

Leichtenberg's attorney, Helen Ogar, confirmed to The Pantagraph on Thursday that Leichtenberg went to the McLean County Law and Justice Center on March 13 to talk with Judge James Souk.

A formal meeting was not scheduled, but when Ogar saw Leichtenberg in the hallway, she took her and Leichtenberg's friend, Michelle Johnson, into Souk's courtroom to wait for a chance to talk with him.

Ogar said Souk's first reaction when he saw the three women in the courtroom was optimism that the boys had been found.

Leichtenberg came to the front of the courtroom, where she spent several minutes expressing her anger at Souk's approval of the unsupervised visits last fall, said Ogar.

"You made a mistake," Leichtenberg told the judge during her remarks, according to her attorney.

Souk responded that he never thought Connolly would hurt the boys and he believed authorities were doing everything possible to find the children, said Ogar.

According to Ogar, Souk said he was sorry the boys were missing and he and his wife were praying daily for their return.

Leichtenberg confirmed her meeting with Souk through family spokeswoman Brandi Tuley.

Ogar said the boys' deaths have affected many people connected with the case. She said she still wakes up at night wondering what could have been differently.

"It's just devastating," said Ogar.