Nina Hilt (Viktoria Valeryevna Bazhenova)

Incident date: 2005 Jul 2

Child placement type: Adoption

Family size: 1 to 4

homestudy

Persons:

Organizations: A Loving Family

placement

Persons:

Organizations: Adoptions International Dallas Texas

post placement

Persons:

Organizations: A Child's Hope of North Carolina, LLC

2-year-old girl adopted by Chris and Peggy Sue Hilt, died after suffering several blows to her abdomen. In March 2006, Peggy Hilt plead guilty to second degree murder to avoid a charge of first degree murder. She said that she was frustrated due to the lack of bonding between Nina and herself. May 25, 2006, Peggy Hilt was sentenced to 35 years in prison with 10 years suspended. Nina was adopted in January 2004 from Irkutsk, Russia. Nina had an older sister adopted in Ukraine.

Parent topics: abused adoptees

Documents

Title	Publication date
Adoptions examined after Russian boy dies	2009 Jan 2
From Russia With Love -- Dealing With Difficult Adoptions	2008 Nov 28
About Nina	2008 Jul 15
Forever family forever dead update nina	2008 Apr
The hidden risks behind adoption	2008 Jan 1
When Adoption Goes Wrong	2007 Dec 17
Child Maltreatment, Child Abuse Fatalities Among Internationally Adopted Children	2007 Nov 1
Woman gets 25 years in death of tot she adopted	2006 Jul 1
Couples Hope Sentence Reopens Russian Adoptions	2006 May 28
Mother Sentenced to 25 Years	2006 May 26
Woman gets 25 years in death of tot she adopted	2006 May 26
Mother Admits Killing Daughter	2006 Mar 2
Trial scheduled in 2-year-old's death	2006 Jan 13
Community Gathers To Remember Russian Child Allegedly Beaten By Adoptive Mother	2005 Jul 25
Call for a Freeze on U.S. Adoptions	2005 Jul 20
Parents Fear Russian Child's Death Could Mean More Obstacles When Adopting	2005 Jul 14
Wake Forest woman charged in child's death	2005 Jul 14
Slain girl was 2nd couple adopted	2005 Jul 14
Russia Moves to Tighten Adoption Rules	2005 Jul 12
New adoption death alarms Russia	2005 Jul 12
Alleged Beating Death By N.C. Woman Prompts Probe Of Adoption	2005 Jul 11
Russian girl killed in U.S. was adopted legally	2005 Jul 11
Russia investigating adopted Wake girl's death	2005 Jul 10
N.C. Mother Charged in Child's Beating Death	2005 Jul 8