Cases

A boy and a girl adopted by Avantae Deven were allegedly tortured by their adoptive mother. In 2019 London disappeared, followed in 2022 by Blake. The remains of London were found in a metal burn barrel in the back of the house. The remains of another human was found there as well. 

5 boys adopted by Matthew and Charles Edmonson were adopted within their own family. The adoptive parents were accused of torturing and “cruelly abusing”. One of the boys was also sexually abused by their adoptive father.

Eight out of dozens of children adopted by Joel and Tammy Brown and by  Jerry and Tamal Flore were subjected to prolonged routine and systemic mental and physical abuse under the guise of discipline. The couples conspired to adopt children for financial gain with the particular help of Joel Brown, who was formerly employed by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Service’s children’s services agency. 

A 14-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl adopted by Donald Ray Lantz and Jeanne Kay Whitefeather where locked inside a shed,

Two girls adopted by Bryce Conrad Chatland were sexually abused by him.

Six children adopted by Lora Loethen were abused by her.

14-year-old girl adopted by a family from Surat (India) was raped by her adoptive father, his younger brother, and his three nephew

Four children were adopted by Tana Perkins Reneau, while she had two children of her own. Of these six children, four claimed both sexual and physical abuse. At least two of the children claiming the abuse had to be adoptees.

Some of the children alleged Reneau forced them to sleep naked in the shower, garage or without blankets or pillows. All four alleged that Reneau forced them to run laps, the court documents state. Reneau allegedly physically abused the children using closed fists and household items, including wooden boards, cords and a shovel, the court records state.

4-year-old girl adopted by Ajay and Anjana Bhati was sexually abused by her adoptive father and was strangled by him when she told him she'd tell her adoptive mother.

4-year-old girl adopted by Waliul Islam and Sangeeta Dutta from Guwahati India, was tied to a pole. A video of this went viral and led to an intervention by local authorities.