Austin and Edward Bryant

Incident date: 2011 Jan 22

Child placement type: Adoption

Family size: 4 to 8

Homeschooling involved: True

Austin (left) Edward (right)
Two brothers, adopted by Edward and Linda Bryant, both went missing. Edward (age 9 at the time) disappeared in 2001. Austin (age 7 at the time) disappeared in 2003. One of the boys was reportedly denied food, spanked, forced to run up and down stairs and rolled up tightly in blankets as punishment. Bryants reported they were advised to roll the children in blankets "like a burrito" by a Colorado therapist.

The Bryant's moved to Texas in 2005 and never declared the boys missing. They kept receiving adoption subsidies for the remainder of the decade, grossing in $175,000. They were arrested early 2011.

Parent topics: abused adoptees

Documents

Title	Publication date
Dad of missing adopted boys reaches plea deal	2012 Apr 21
Adoptive mom of missing boys gets 42 years for welfare fraud	2012 Mar 23
City employee in jail	2011 Mar 12
Agencies don't interfere after exhaustive adoption process	2011 Mar 11
Colo. parents Edward and Linda Bryant abused one of their missing adopted boys, according to another brother	2011 Mar 11
Affidavit reveals alleged abuse of one of two missing children	2011 Mar 11
Childhood friend reports missing boy endured electric shocks, starvation, beatings	2011 Mar 11
Records: Texas couple collected thousands for missing boys	2011 Mar 11
Allegations of Abuse in Decade-Old Missing Children's Case	2011 Mar 10
Witness: Couple used Taser on one of two missing boys	2011 Mar 10
Couple Arrested; 2 Children Missing For Years	2011 Mar 9
Bryant: Affidavit for Arrest Warrant	2011 Feb 24