Children adopted by Mercury Liggins
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Liggins' children, ranging in age from 8 to 17, were discovered a month ago at the Nigerian orphanage by an American missionary. The children, some of them suffering from typhoid and malaria, told the missionary they were from Houston and wanted to go home. The church's pastor told two U.S. congressmen and arrangements were made to return them to Texas.
Liggins said her only mistake was trusting her brother-in-law to care for the children in Nigeria. The relative took money she sent for the kids' benefit, causing the children to be kicked out of their boarding school and put in the squalid orphanage, she said.
The children, adopted from US foster care, initially were taken to Nigeria in October so she could take a job in Iraq, working for Houston-based Hallilburton subsidiary KBR.
Documents
| Title | Publication date |
|---|---|
| 'Y'all are going to Nigeria' | 2007 Jan 7 |
| Ex-mother of adoptive children found in Africa gets 25 years | 2006 Mar 15 |
| Lawyers, state officials and family vie for care of adopted Texas children | 2004 Sep 13 |
| How 7 kids survived being abandoned in Nigeria | 2004 Sep 12 |
| Claims disputed in abuse case | 2004 Sep 3 |
| BACK HOME IN HOUSTON | 2004 Aug 31 |
| Brother tells of orphans' rescue from Nigeria | 2004 Aug 30 |
| Nigeria case furthers scrutiny of Texas' Child Protective Services | 2004 Aug 29 |
| Attorney defends actions of adoptive mother | 2004 Aug 27 |
| Custody Hearing Held For 7 Kids Found In Africa | 2004 Aug 26 |
| Tangled Web-American children abandoned in Africa, forced to beg for food | 2004 Aug 23 |
| For abandoned kids' mother, instability has been the norm | 2004 Aug 22 |
| Children abandoned in Nigeria back in Texas | 2004 Aug 19 |
| ANDERSON COOPER 360 DEGREES | 2004 Aug 18 |
| Missionary Finds U.S. Children Abandoned in Nigeria | 2004 Aug 18 |
| Ex-adoptive mother of 7 children indicted | 2004 Apr 5 |