Maria Anastasia Bennett (Anastasia Plotnikova)

Incident date: 2002 Oct 23

Child placement type: Adoption

Family size: 1 to 4

placement

Persons:

Organizations: Focus on Children

2-year old Maria Bennett, adopted by Susan Jane Bennett, died from shaken baby syndrome. Susan Jane Bennett, said that she had tripped while carrying Maria and had dropped her. Medical evidence proved otherwise. Susan Bennett pleaded no contest to 1 count of reckless homicide and was sentenced to 3 years in prison. Maria was adopted from Primorsky Krai, Russia 9 months prior to her death. Maria's older sister, also from Russia is cared for by Bennett family members

Parent topics: abused adoptees

Documents

Title	Publication date
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
RUSSIAN ADOPTION RULES FULL OF HOLES; LITTLE U.S. OVERSIGHT	2004 Dec 12
Adoptee deaths rare, experts say 12 Russian cases troubling, puzzling	2004 May 21
WOMAN GETS 3 YEARS IN PRISON IN DEATH OF ADOPTED DAUGHTER	2003 Nov 8
Mom sentenced in child's death	2003 Nov 8
Mom guilty in death of daughter	2003 Sep 18
MOTHER CHARGED IN ADOPTED GIRL'S DEATH	2003 Mar 8
FOC's story on Maria Bennett

Topics: abused adoptees, international adoption, physical abuse, shaken baby syndrome, single-mothers, abusive head trauma (AHT), lethal abuse, lethal physical abuse

Countries: Russia

Subdivisions: Primorsky Krai, Ohio (state of the USA)

Cities: Lancaster - OH

Location

Lancaster

Ohio

United States of America