An `excellent father,' those few times he was free of dope

[PHOTO CAPTION] `He loved that baby so much,' a friend said of John Wayne Healy's affection for his daughter, Alexis.

PARSIPPANY -- In the throes of his heroin addiction, John Wayne Healy was driving with Jessica Hall, his on-and-off girlfriend and the mother of his daughter, Alexis, when he happened upon a Denville church. On an impulse he stopped the car, went inside, sprinkled holy water on himself, and knelt.

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