A boy and a girl adopted by Todd and Laura Starnes-Wells received extreme punishment, including hitting, making them run up a 250-yard hill, having the boy walk two hours to school making the boy sit at a table with his hands on it during the day -- interrupted only if he asked for food or to go to the bathroom -- and writing thousands of sentences.
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.
12-year-old girl adopted by Eugenio and Victoria Erquiaga was regularly locked n a playhouse in a loft area of the home, and her hands were regularly restrained with zip locks.
Adopted, age two by Sean Jackman, Samantha Killary was sexually abused by her adoptive father throughout her childhood. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
A then 9-year-old boy adopted from Russia by Ralph and Carolyn Flynn was sexually abused by his adoptive parents. The Flynn's adopted another boy from New Jersey, whom they sexually abused as well.
Several children were adopted by David and Barbara Frodsham. At least two of the boys they adopted were sexually abused by their adoptive father. Frodsham forced the boys to have sex with other men in a sex ring.
Five of the ten children adopted by Jonathan and Allison Schumm were physically abused by their adoptive parents.
The Schumms had received an Angels in Adoption award in 2013. This makes them the second couple from Kansas that got this prestigious award and ended up abusing children. The other couple were Brandon and Melissa Hoffman. Both families were nominated by Jerry Moran.