Three children adopted by Jim and Paige Nachtigal

Incident date: 2016 Feb 16

Child placement type: Adoption

Homeschooling involved: True

Fundamental faith involved: True

A 15-year-old girl, an 11-year-old boy, an 11-year-old girl, adopted by Jim and Paige Nachtigal from Peru, were beaten, starved, and tortured by their adoptive parents, The children were taken out of public school in 2014 to be homeschooled.

Parent topics: abused adoptees

Documents

Title	Publication date
Nachtigals Released From Prison About Eight Months Early	2020 Apr 1
Missionaries get prison time for abusing adopted children	2018 Mar 9
Newton couple pleads in abuse of 3 Peruvian children	2017 Aug 31
North Newton police chief says 'system broke down' in child abuse case	2016 Jun 22
Judge releases document in abuse case involving adopted children from Peru	2016 Jun 22
North Newton couple appears in court in child abuse case	2016 Jun 14
Kansas adoptive parents charged with child torture, other abuse	2016 Feb 25
Story of abuse unfolds	2016 Feb 17
Details released on child abuse arrest in North Newton	2016 Feb 17
Three children taken into protective custody, adoptive parents arrested	2016 Feb 16