Ellana Lin

22-month-old girl from China, adopted by Tawainese natives Perry Yu Lin and Dianne Buu Lin, died of blunt-force trauma and had injuries over her entire body. She was adopted 2 months earlier. Dianne Buu Lin was sentences to 15 years. Perry Yu Lin was sentenced to one year of felony probation.
Date: 2003-11-02
Placement type: Adoption
Type of abuse: Lethal physical abuse
Abuser: Adoptive mother

Location

Rowland Heights, California
United States
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Man sentenced for role in death of daughter2005-02-11
Man pleads no contest in daughter's murder 2005-01-13
Woman gets 15 years in death of baby2005-01-12
Slaying suspects plead not guilty: Not-guilty plea entered in abuse charges 2004-08-25
Parents to stand trial in child's death2004-07-09
Woman accused of child torture2004-06-21
Death of toddler shocks those in adoption circles 2003-11-30
Woman arrested in girl's death 2003-11-13
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Location

Pound Pup Legacy