Adam Herrman (Irvin Groeninger III)

  

Adam was last seen in 1999 at age 11 or 12. His adoptive parents, Doug and Valerie Herrman, did not report him missing for 10 years and continued to collect adoption subsidy payments until he would have turned 18. The Herrmans told their family that Adam had returned to state custody. They are telling the police that they think he ran away. Adam was adopted when he was 2 yrs old. Valerie Herrman allegedly mentally and physically abused the boy: punching, hair-pulling, spanking with a wooden spoon or belt, refusing to feed him, and making him sleep in the bathtub without a pillow or blankets. CPS investigated several times. The sheriff is investigating the case as a death. (Left age 11, middle photo is an age progression, right 2 years)

Date: 1999-01-01

Placement type: Adoption

Type of abuse: Non-lethal physical abuse, Non-lethal deprivation, Economic exploitation

Abuser: Adoptive mother, Undetermined

Home schooling: yes

Location

Towanda, Kansas
United States

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