Logan Higginbotham (Anne Pochetnoy)
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Logan Higginbotham of Shelburne, Vermont died of massive head injuries. Adoptive mother Laura Higginbotham, stated that Logan fell and hit her head on the floor of an upstairs bedroom. It took 3 years for the medical examiner to determine whether the case was accidental or homicide. In 2004, Laura Higginbotham pled no contest to a charge of involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced to 1 year in prison. Logan was adopted from Smolensk, Russia in May 1998 and had been in the US for 7 months. Logan's younger sister Layne was adopted at the same time.
Documents
| Title | Publication date |
|---|---|
| TFR promises to punish those responsible for the deaths of Americans orphans from Russia | 2013 Feb 21 |
| The investigation of the death of the criminal cases in the United States adopted Russian children | 2012 May 12 |
| Child Maltreatment, Child Abuse Fatalities Among Internationally Adopted Children | 2007 Nov 1 |
| Shelburne woman jailed for death of daughter | 2004 Jul 17 |
| Toddler's death brings year in jail | 2004 Jul 17 |
| Mother Sentenced For Daughter's Death | 2004 Jul 16 |
| Woman reaches plea deal in daughter's death | 2004 Jul 8 |
| Adoptee deaths rare, experts say 12 Russian cases troubling, puzzling | 2004 May 21 |
| State v. Higginbotham | 2002 Dec 24 |
| Shelburne woman charged in death of daughter | 2001 May 24 |
| Shelburne mom charged in child's 1998 death | 2001 May 23 |
| Obituary | 1998 Nov 26 |
| Private notes - not public |