Meghan Hawkins-Rusch
Thirteen month old Chinese girl adopted by Lisa Hawkins-Rusch and her husband, died of severe brain injury, inflicted by her adoptive mother. Meghan was adopted a three months earlier in China.
Date: 1992-09-25
Placement type: Adoption
Type of abuse: Lethal physical abuse
Abuser: Adoptive mother
Location
Geneva, New YorkUnited States
See map: Google Maps
| Document | Date |
|---|---|
| Baby's death probed | 1992-09-29 |
| Fall didn't kill toddler, officials say | 1992-09-29 |
| Mom charged with causing death of daughter | 1992-11-05 |
| Homicide ruled in case of Genava toddler who suffered head injuries | 1992-11-05 |
| Geneva teacher charged in tot's death | 1992-11-05 |
| Mother: baby hit her head | 1992-11-06 |
| Mother on trial in death of baby | 1993-11-21 |
| Mother awaits sentencing in infant's death | 1993-11-30 |
| Mother's lawyer to seek leniency | 1993-11-30 |
| Geneva woman draws jail term for daughter's death | 1994-01-20 |
| People v. Hawkins-Rusch | 1995-02-03 |
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