Nathaniel Jacob Allen

Incident date: 2002 Feb 15

Child placement type: Adoption

21-month old boy, adopted from Guatemala by Jeremy and Sarah Allen was shaken to death. Nathaniel had been in the USA 10 months, since April the previous year. Sarah Allen was convicted of manslaughter for shaking Nathaniel. Jeremy Allen was convicted of assult for beating Nathaniel with a wooden spoon two days earlier when he didn't pick up his toys. Allens were considering becoming foster parents for a 2nd child when Nathaniel was killed.

Parent topics: abused adoptees

Documents

Title	Publication date
Child Maltreatment, Child Abuse Fatalities Among Internationally Adopted Children	2007 Nov 1
Jeremy Allen's appeal = decision upheld	2006 Mar 2
Sarah Allen's appeal = decision upheld	2006 Mar 2
Lisbon woman jailed for son's death	2005 Mar 26
Delay of sentences	2005 Mar 26
Sarah Allen seeks new trial	2005 Mar 25
Allens plan to ask for no jail time	2005 Mar 25
Sarah Allen found Guilty	2005 Mar 5
Mom Awaits Verdict	2005 Mar 4
Jury begins deliberating in Allen trial	2005 Mar 3
Questions raised in Allen case	2005 Feb 26
Sarah Allen Judge denies request for mistrial	2005 Feb 19
Allen's attorney asks for mistrial	2005 Feb 18
Sarah Allen Jury chosen for baby death trial	2005 Feb 15
Woman faces second trial in death of son, 22 months	2005 Feb 12
Mistrial in Allen baby case	2004 Jun 18
Accused mother free after mistrial	2004 Jun 18
Jury still out in shaken-baby case	2004 Jun 17
Mom awaits verdict Deliberations: Jury considers fate of Lisbon Falls woman	2004 Jun 15
Shaken toddler or brain disease? A jury must now decide if a 22-month-old boy died at the hands of his mother, or from some othe	2004 Jun 15
Doctor raises questions about boy's development	2004 Jun 11
Mother's manslaughter trial gets under way	2004 Jun 3
Cases laid out in death of baby	2004 Jun 3
Love and Death - Accused of violently shaking her 22-month-old son, Sarah Allen faces a charge of manslaughter and a life withou	2003 Jun 1
Baby's death shocks experts on adoption The intensive screening process is intended to weed out people who might be poor parents	2003 Mar 1
Shaken baby cases rising	2003 Feb 28
ACCUSED MOM SAYS SON FELL, HIT HIS HEAD	2003 Feb 28
Details of child's death emerge	2003 Feb 28
ADOPTIVE MOTHER CHARGED WITH SHAKING BOY TO DEATH	2003 Feb 27
Obituary Nathaniel J. Allen	2003 Feb 19