Disrupted placement cases

14 year old girl from India placed with family in Massachusetts was returned to India 2 yrs after arriving in the US.

Date: 2010-01-01

Location

Massachusetts
United States

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8 year old girl from California was left at Nicole and Calvin Eason's home in Danville, Illinois. In April 2007, Megan Exon and a Georgia woman took her from the Eason's home back to Megan's home in Hickory NC. The girl is described as an "American" girl and presumed to be a child from a private or public domestic US adoption.

Date: 2007-01-01

Location

Danville, Illinois
United States

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Alexandra Austin was 9 years old, when an Ontario couple convinced her mother to let them adopt her and take her to Canada, in 1991. After five months, the couple sent the girl back to Romania where she ended up in legal limbo. Authorities there refused to recognize the newly named Austin as a Romanian while Ottawa said she did not have Canadian citizenship either.

By 2009, Alexandra and her 2 children were granted Canadian citizenship.

Date: 1991-01-01

Location

Ancaster, Ontario
Canada

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Date: 2012-11-01

Location

Næstved
Denmark

Anna was adopted from Russia at age 7 by John and Jill Stollmeyer of Indiana. Anna Stollmeyer's adoption was disrupted and at 11 year old she was placed with Gary and Lisa Barnes of Texas who adopted her. At age 13, Barnes sent Anna to live with Nicole and Calvin Eason. She spent 2 days there before Gary Barnes, fearing for her safety, came to get her.

Date: 2008-09-01

Location

Tolar, Texas
United States

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Seven-year-old boy, adopted from Russia by Torry Ann Hansen, in 2009, was sent to Moscow by his adoptive mother. The boy was put on an airplane without any supervision, with a note for the Russian Ministry of Education, stating the adoptive mother returned the boy to Russian guardianship and wants to see the adoption annulled.

Date: 2010-04-08

Location

Shelbyville, Tennessee
United States

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Parents of a teenaged boy adopted 1.5 years earlier refuse to pick him up from juvenile detention when he is released. The boy had been sexually abused in his bio home and then had abused a bio sibling prior to landing in foster care. CPS did not provide this information to the adoptive family and he abused adopted siblings in the adoptive home.

Date: 2012-10-30

Location

Mesa, Arizona
United States

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10 year old boy adopted from foster care who lived in Wisconsin was picked up by Nicole Eason and her friend Randy Winslow and taken to Illinois in July 2006. In late 2006 when Glenna Mueller's adoption caseworker learned of the transfer, the boy was returned to Mueller's home in Wisconsin. Later an approved foster home was found for the boy.

Randy Winslow is now serving a 20 year sentence for sending and receiving child pornography during the period June 2006 through May 2007.
See: In a shadowy online network, a pedophile takes home a ‘fun boy’

Date: 2006-07-01

Location

Appleton, Wisconsin
United States

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5 year old boy adopted from Haiti by Stacey Conner and her husband was disrupted after he had a tantrum.

Date: 2007-06-01

Location

Spokane, Washington
United States

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Misty and Tom Mealey of Virgina adopted a 4 or 5 year old boy from Guatemala in Dec 2008. There were 3 other children in the home. It was claimed that the boy was violent with the other children and urinated on toys. After several months of therapy, the Mealeys were told the boy had reactive attachment disorder and he would get worse before he got better. The couple reached out to local social services and were told unless they were abusive or neglectful, the government could not help them.
In July 2009, after being presented with a falsified homestudy, the Mealeys handed the boy over to Nicole and Calvin Eason, as a "temporary therapeutic placement".

Date: 2009-07-05

Location

Roanoke, Virginia
United States

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Preteen boy adopted from Liberia is returned to the orphanage 6 months post adoption.

Date: 2009-01-01

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

Location

Florida
United States

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Boy adopted Mike and Sharon Venhaus was placed in foster care by his adoptive parents.

Date: 2000-01-01

Location

Albuquerque, New Mexico
United States

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Cheryl Carter-Shotts and Charlie Shotts fostered a boy from Mali who was disrupted after 4 years. He came to the US on humanitarian parole.

Date: 2000-01-01

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana
United States

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2 children, then known as Ethan and Auriel Banks, adopted from Romania by Scott and Karen Banks were disrupted and placed with a family in American Samoa 9 years post adoption. A third child with CP adopted from Romania was institutionalized at age 12.

Date: 2000-01-01

Location

Wyoming
United States

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At least 8 children returned to Liberia post adoption

See also
Isaiah Allison
Boy adopted from Liberia

Date: 2012-01-01

6 adopted children sent to serial child collectors Nicole and Calvin Eason. Easons had 2 bio children removed by CPS and both had allegations of sexual abuse.

Date: 2009-01-01

Location

Illinois and New York State
United States

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Anita Tedaldi Doberman and her husband adopted a boy, about 1 year old from Ethiopia (not South America as the blog says). After 1.5 years, they disrupted the adoption due to parental attachment issues.

Date: 2009-08-26

Location

Emerald Coast, Florida
United States

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14 year old boy adopted at age 3 by William and Victoria Stewart was left at Nicole and Calvin Eason's home in Danville, Illinois in March 2007 by his adoptive father. The Stewarts had been Florida residents but were living in Scotland at the time. About 3 weeks later, fearing for Dmitry's safety, Megan Exon and a Georgia woman took him from the Eason's home back to the friend's home in Georgia. Dmitri was turned over to child welfare authorities in Georgia where he was placed in an approved foster care home.

Date: 2007-03-01

Location

somewhere in Scotland
United Kingdom

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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7-year-old girl, adopted at birth by Craig and Lori Gertz, was placed with a foster care family in Washington State, because of alleged behavioral problems from FASD.

Date: 2010-07-08

Location

Long Grove, Illinois
United States

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Emily adopted from China in 1996 by multimillionaires John and Christine Svenningsen was disrupted in 2004 after because she 'was a difficult child and unable to bond with the family'.
Father John had died of cancer in 1997.
Eric adopted from China around 1997 by then widow Christine was disrupted shortly after 'because she couldn't handle 7 children'.

Svenningsens had 5 bio children, the last who was born shortly after Emily was adopted.

Date: 1997-01-01

Location

Westchester, New York
United States

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Four children including one girl and three boys from Ukraine were adopted from an orphanage near Kiev in 2001. The three boys are siblings.

In 2003, at the age of 13, the girl became pregnant, claiming the father was her adopted brother. She was moved to the Liberty God Parents Home, where she delivered the baby, which was subsequently placed for adoption.

At the time a new adoptive home was sought for her. One of the boys was in foster care system at the time of the pregnancy and was expected to be sent back to Ukraine. What happened to the other boys is unknown.

Date: 2003-03-09

Location

xx
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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A girl with HIV, adopted from Ethiopia in Feb 2009 at 4 years old, was disrupted 18 months later due to behavioral issues.

Date: 2010-08-31

Location

Salt Lake City, Utah
United States

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Toddler girl adopted from Thailand by Kristen Richburg and her then-husband was disrupted after 5 years in the homedue to reactive attachment disorder. There were 2 older biological children in the home. Girl was adopted by a new family. Kristen is an adult adoptee.

Date: 2010-01-01

Location

Boulder, Colorado
United States

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9-year-old girl, adopted by Peter and Denise Thomas, was put up for sale by her adoptive parents.

Date: 1999-01-01

Location

Littleton, Colorado
United States

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Almost 6 when adopted along with her 2 year old bio brother, from Tambov region in Russia, Galina lived with her adoptive family for 3 years before being placed in a Nancy Thomas camp for 12 months. She was then adopted and disrupted again and is believed to be in a 3rd adoptive family.

Date: 2010-10-15

Location

Napa, California
United States

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2 girls from Ethiopia adopted by Joyce Maynard  in 2010 were disrupted and placed with a new family 14 months later.

Date: 2011-04-01

Location

Mill Valley, California
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 Oct 1997, Inga was adopted by Neal and Priscilla Whatcott at age 12 from St. Petersburg, Russia. She was adopted out of birth order; becoming the oldest in the family that included 1 bio child and 2 adopted from China and Taiwan as infants.
Inga had previously been placed with two Russian families who returned her to the orphanage. Once home, she displayed increasingly violent behavior and less than a year post adoption, she was moved to a family in Maryland. That family asked to have her removed from their care and she was moved to two different families in Michigan before finally being placed in 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. In 2000 the Whatcott's dissolved the adoption of Inga. They were able to maintain contact with her after the dissolution.

At the time of placement, Whatcotts lived in the Marshall Islands. Later they moved to Whiteby Island, WA.

Date: 1998-09-01

Location

probably Kwajalein Island
Marshall Islands

After 4 years in the home Serene and Sam Allison (Serene is the daughter of Nancy Campbell, Above Rubies), Isaiah was placed on a plane back to Liberia with a backpack $40 and a 6 month greencard for Liberia.

Date: 2009-01-01

Location

Primm Springs, Tennessee
United States

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7-year-old girl adopted from South Korea 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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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: 2000-07-01

Location

Vermont
United States

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Thirteen year old girl adopted from Haiti by Tony and Michelle Dittenber was sent to 3 other homes starting 9 months after her adoption. She was at 2 Ohio homes including 17 months with Jean Paul Kruse and Emily Kruse. Dittenbers had 4 bio children and 5 children adopted from Haiti.

Date: 2010-09-01

Location

Nampa, Idaho
United States

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Adopted from Guangdong China at age 12 in 1999 by Mike and Patricia McLaughlin of Largo, Florida. McLaughlins had 4 other children (2 adopted, 2 bio) and homeschooled Nora. Nora's leg had been crippled by polio so she wore a brace. Slightly over a year later, at age 14, she was driven to Tennessee by her adoptive father to live with Tom and Debra Schmitz. Schmitz' later adopted her. She was with that family 3 years before authorities removed the all children from the home due to child abuse.

Date: 2001-01-01

Location

Largo, Florida
United States

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16 year old girl adopted 2 years earlier from Liberia was sent to live with serial re-homers and child abusers Nicole and Calvin Eason who had lost custody of 2 bio children.

Date: 2008-10-04

Location

Kiel, Wisconsin
United States

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Date: 1999-01-01

Location

Indiana
United States

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Sage was placed into a Ukrainian state orphanage at 5 and adopted at age 7 in 2000 by Stephen Myers, an unmarried teacher. Two years later, Sage was removed from Myers'  home when allegations surfaced that Stephen Myers had sexually abused other boys, including a 4 year old Romanian boy who was in his home as a foster child in 1995. At this time, there are no official reports of Myers sexually abusing Sage.

In 2005, after 3 years in foster care, Sage was adopted by Dean Christensen and Jane Olingy, a married couple.
While living in a group home in 2011, eighteen-year-old Sage was charged with murder for a stabbing death.

Date: 2002-01-31

Location

Amherst, Massachusetts
United States

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9-year-old Russian girl from Borovichi, Novgorod, 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: 2000-02-01

Location

Georgia
United States

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6 year old boy from Hanoi, Vietnam adopted by actress Mia Farrow, who believed Sanjay had polio. He was adopted by another family after Mia discovered he was profoundly mentally retarded.

Date: 1991-10-01

Location

New York City, New York
United States

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15-month-old twins, Sasha and Masha, adopted by a dual citizenship Russian-American woman, Anna S, were found abandoned on a Russian street in sub-zero temperatures with only a note saying she didn’t want them anymore.
The woman reportedly lied about her US citizenship and the fact that she was married to an American. When the authorities discovered this they demanded the adoptive mother give details of the man, and provide his consent to caring for the children. Soon after this, the children were found abandoned

Date: 2012-03-12

Location

St Petersburg, St. Petersburg
Russia

"Sasha" was adopted in Ukraine at age 7 by Minnesota couple Jeffrey and Michelle Bignell. After two years, the Bignells transferred custody to Glenda and David Kinghorn (see: Girl in care of David Kinghorn) who ultimately placed Sasha in an Arkansas psychiatric hospital where he was diagnosed with reactive attachment disorder. Jeff Bignell removed Sasha from the hospital and took him back to Donets'k Ukraine where he was also hospitalized.
Sasha was returned to Minnesota by county CPS and placed in Northwood Children's Services home.

Date: 2003-04-01

Location

Lakeland, Minnesota
United States

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Shannon Michelle Aumock was born to a sixteen-year-old mother, a victim of sexual assault, and was placed into foster care when she was 3. She was adopted shortly after by a Flagstaff family who later moved to Scottsdale. They relinquished her to CPS when she was 12 due to what they said were “uncontrollable behavioral issues”. When she went missing from her group home at age 16, she was not reported to the police as a missing person. Instead, Arizona Child Protective Services petitioned the court to relinquish their responsibility of her since she had run away so many times and could not find her.

She was found brutally murdered, but her body was not identified for 19 years since there was no missing persons report.

Date: 1988-01-01

Location

Tempe, Arizona
United States

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Adopted at age 13 from Ethiopia, together with two of her sisters, believing she was coming to America for an educational program during which she would come home every summer and on school breaks. See: Journee, Meya, and Maree Bradshaw case (Tarikuwa Lemma was rename Journee Bradshaw while adopted, she has since changed her name back).

8 months into the adoption, Tarikuwa was sent to her adoptive grandmother in Iowa and told never to return.

Date: 2007-03-01

Location

Cedar Crest, New Mexico
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: 2003-01-01

Location

Wicklow, Wicklow
Ireland

In November 2004, first family adopted 2 two male siblings, said to be approximately 7 and 8 years old, but who were in their early teens. Adoption disrupted due to behavior issues and the boys were adopted by another family known to first family before June 2006.

Date: 2006-01-01

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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