Boy and girl adopted by Maureen and Michael Culhane

3 and 5 year old learning disabled children adopted in 2001 from Latvia were locked in a room by themselves for 4 hours while the Irish-born immigrant parents went shopping. The home was filthy and determined to be uninhabitable. Both parents were convicted.
The parents had a criminal record from 2000 for locking an 87 year old woman in a home.

Date: 2002-10-01

Placement type: Adoption

Type of abuse: Non-lethal neglect

Abuser: Adoptive father, Adoptive mother

Location

Montvale, New Jersey
United States

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