Emma Mei Alvey (Mei Fu Ping)

Incident date: 2005 Oct 19

Child placement type: Adoption

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Organizations: Bethany Christian Services

20 month girl Adopted from Huangmei, Hubei Province, China by Phillip and Jennifer Alvey, was shaken to death by her adoptive mother 8 months after the adoption. Emma had a skull fracture and died Oct 24, 2005. In September she got 13 stitches from a separate injury. Her mother pleaded guilty. Jennifer was sentenced to 1 year in prison,14 years probation.

Parent topics: abused adoptees

Documents

Title	Publication date
Mom to serve one year in child's death	2009 Jan 20
Judge removes himself from child's homicide case	2008 Sep 30
Mother enters plea in adopted baby death	2008 Jun 25
Spring Hill mother pleads guilty in child's death	2008 Jun 24
Child Maltreatment, Child Abuse Fatalities Among Internationally Adopted Children	2007 Nov 1
What's on the Web	2006 Feb 22
Mom on toddler's death: 'I didn't plan to hurt Emma'	2006 Feb 10
Mother Charged in Death of Adopted Child.	2005 Dec 14
Mother charged in death of adopted daughter	2005 Dec 14
Mother charged in adopted girl's death	2005 Dec 14
Details of child slaying case remain sketchy	2005 Dec 14
Tennessee woman indicted in death of adopted child from China.	2005 Dec 13
Procedure for adoptions can be tedious	2005 Dec 13
Spring Hill Mother Indicted on Murder Charges	2005 Dec 13
Spring Hill mother charged with murder in child's death	2005 Dec 13
Neighbor says mother 'hysterical' over injury	2005 Dec 13
Obituary - Emma Mei Alvey	2005 Oct 26
Spring Hill Mother Indicted on Murder Charges