Chase Harrison (Dmitry Yakovlev)

Incident date: 2008 Jul 8

Child placement type: Adoption

Family size: 1 to 4

homestudy

Persons: Christine Hessinger

Organizations: Adoption Home Studies and Placement Services Inc. dba Adoption Connections (Falls Church, VA)

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Persons:

Organizations: European Adoption Consultants

21 month old boy from Pechory, Pskov, Russia, adopted by Miles and Carol Harrison. His adoptive father left him in the car for hours while being at work, causing Chase to die of the heat. He'd been adopted only three months before.

Miles Harrison was acquitted on involuntary manslaughter charges.

Parent topics: abused adoptees

Documents

Title	Publication date
TFR promises to punish those responsible for the deaths of Americans orphans from Russia	2013 Feb 21
Duma demands SC initiate investigation into the killing of Maxim Kuzmin	2013 Feb 19
Magnitsky List Counterpart to Stress Adoption Deaths	2012 Dec 11
Magnitsky List Counterpart to Stress Adoption Deaths	2012 Dec 11
Russians say they’ll name their Magnitsky-retaliation law after baby who died in a hot car in Va.	2012 Dec 11
Fatal Distraction	2009 Mar 8
Purcellville case leads to U.S.-Russia dispute	2009 Feb 5
U.S. urges Russia to sign adoption treaty	2009 Jan 11
Adoptions examined after Russian boy dies	2009 Jan 2
U.S. State Dept. reacts to Russian outrage in Fairfax County court case	2008 Dec 24
Ministery of foreign affairs of the Russian Federation - response to Miles Harrison acquittal	2008 Dec 18
Moscow outraged over manslaughter of adopted Russian boy	2008 Dec 18
Russia slams acquittal of U.S. man over Russian-born son's death	2008 Dec 18
Russia to toughen adoption rules for U.S. over Harrison acquittal	2008 Dec 18
Purcellville Man Acquitted In Death of Son in Car	2008 Dec 17
Father Acquitted of Manslaughter in Son's Death in Car	2008 Dec 17
On Stand, Man Tells Of Son's Death in Car	2008 Dec 17
Judge Upholds Charge Against Father of Toddler Left in Hot Car	2008 Dec 16
Father Indicted in Toddler's Death in Hot SUV	2008 Jul 23
Purcellville toddler remembered	2008 Jul 22
UPDATE: Grand Jury Might Get Case Of Boy's Death	2008 Jul 21
U.S.-Russian tensions rise over infant’s death	2008 Jul 16
Purcellville man charged in toddler's death	2008 Jul 15
Russia calls for full probe into death of adopted baby in U.S.	2008 Jul 15
His foster parents wanted to give Dima the world. But he died instead...	2008 Jul 15
2 Adoption Agencies Barred After Boy's Death	2008 Jul 15
Russia cut off adoptive parents	2008 Jul 12
Russia bans 3 adoption agencies following baby's death in U.S.	2008 Jul 11
A number of international organizations withdrawn permission for adoptions of Russian children	2008 Jul 11
Russia bans adoptions international organizations	2008 Jul 11
Russia bans 3 adoption agencies following baby's death in U.S.	2008 Jul 11
Father Whose Son Died in Hot Car Is Hospitalized	2008 Jul 11
Man arrested in death of adopted son	2008 Jul 11
Va. Toddler Dies After Father Leaves Him in SUV	2008 Jul 10
Toddler Found Dead Inside Car in Herndon	2008 Jul 9