Pound Pup Legacy

Adopted from Russia by Donnie and Tedi Hedstrom. Placement disrupted and whereabouts unknown.

Location

Florida
United States

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8-year-old girl adopted from Russia by Peter and Denise Thomas was tried to be sold by her adoptive parents over the internet because they were not capable of handling her and wanted to recoup some of the money spent adopting her.

Date: 1999-05-20

Location

Arapahoe County, Colorado
United States

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Following an adoption by American parents, Gabor, also known as Gabriel Petrosino, was taken back to Hungary and left at an orphanage.

Date: 1998-03-01

Location

Wilton, Connecticut
United States

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Originally placed through Cathy Harris of Ukrainian Angels. Now in the care of the State of Mississippi.

Date: 2008-01-01

Location

Mississippi
United States

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Found by nuns on a street in Pusan Korea, she was placed in a Catholic orphanage until 1963 when at age 2, she was sent to the US to be adopted. At 4 years old, after her adoptive parents-to-be learned she was mentally retarded, her adoption paperwork was stopped. For 13 years after that, she was shuffled among foster homes and institutions, including 3 years in a Kentucky nursing home.

Date: 1962-12-29

Location

Unknown
United States

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In 1997, Inga was adopted by Neal and Cilla Whatcott at age 12 from St. Petersburg, Russia. The placing agency was Nightlight Christian Adoptions. Inga had already been placed with two Russian families who returned her to the orphanage. Once home, she displayed increasingly violent behavior and was moved to a family in Maryland. The family asked to have her removed from their care and she was moved to two different families and finally to a psychiatric facility in Michigan. She was diagnosed with reactive attachment disorder, major depression disorder with psychosis, post-traumatic stress disorder.  The Whatcott's were charged with child abandonment and Inga was then placed with three more foster families before being placed in an institution.  According to news articles, in 2000 the Whatcott's dissolved the adoption of Inga. They were able to maintain contact with her after the dissolution.

Date: 2000-01-01

Location

St. Petersburg
Russia

7-year-old girl adopted by Dutch diplomat Raymond Poeteray and his wife Meta was surrendered to the Hong Kong social welfare department for readoption, reportedly because the child could not adapt to Dutch culture.

Date: 2007-12-10

Location

Hong Kong

Following an adoption by an American family, Jeremy Harper also known as Karoly, was returned to an orphanage in Hungary.

Date: 1998-01-01

Location

Connecticut
United States

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Four children from Ukraine were adopted by Anne Beatrice Williams from an orphanage near Kiev in 2001. Joshua, Jacob and Michael are siblings.

In 2003, at the age of 13, Julie gets pregnant, claiming the father is her adopted brother Joshua. She moves to the Liberty God Parents Home, where she delivered the baby, which was subsequently put up for adoption.

At the time a new adoptive home was sought for Julie. Jacob was in foster care system at the time of Julie's pregnancy and was expected to be sent back to Ukraine. What happened to Joshua and Michael is unknown.

Date: 2003-03-09

Location

Middleboro, Massachusetts
United States

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Linda, Michael and Jeffrey were placed with Judith and Robert Garber in 1979 at ages 9, 7 and 6. Despite repeated requests, Robert and Judith were not given detailed social histories or medical records on the children until 10 years post adoption when they received information on 1 child indicating that prior to placement intensive counseling had been recommended. Linda had been sexually abused by her biological father. A younger sibling was murdered for crying. Jeff and Linda attempted suicide, Michael plotted to kill his parents and all 3 were placed in psychiatric hospitals for some period of time.

Date: 1986-01-01

Location

Olean, New York
United States

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17-year-old boy adopted from Romania was adopted by a Vermont couple at the age of 15. His adoptive parents dissolved the adoption when he acted out sexually.

Date: 2000-07-00

Location

Vermont
United States

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Date: 1999-00-00

Location

Indiana
United States

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9-year-old Russian girl adopted by Crystal and Jesse Money from the State of Georgia was returned to Moscow by her adoptive parents because they could not cope with her.

The Moneys, claimed they were not fully alerted to Samantha's condition by the adoption agency, which gave them a glowing account of the girl's personality despite evidence of mental retardation.

Date: 2000-02-00

Location

Georgia
United States

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Indonesian boy adopted at 2-months by Joe and Lala Dowse was sent back to his mother land at the age of two after the adoptive couple were expecting a child of their own.

Date: 2003-00-00

Location

Wicklow, Wicklow
Ireland

8-year-old boy adopted from Russia by Mary Perdue, was unbeknownst to the adopter so emotionally disturbed, she dissolved the adoption.

Date: 2005-10-05

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa
United States

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