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Abuse cases

Title Date
Brogan Duhon 2022 Oct 17
Meelah Miller 2022 Sep 10
Isabella Kalua 2021 Sep 12
Three children adopted by Joseph and Jennifer Wolfthal 2021 Jan 1
Ana Loera 2020 Jan 20
Twins adopted by Mark and Melissa McGregor 2019 Jul 8
Two children adopted by Patrick and Angel Henderson 2019 Jan 19
Two children adopted by Samuel and Brandi Hollie 2019 Jun 14
Ciera, Abigail, Jeremiah, Devonte, Hannah and Markis Hart 2018 Mar 26
Kaileigh, Lia, Bo and Meigan Collier 2018 Oct 15
Olivia Atkocaitis 2018 Sep 5
Olivia Farrell 2018 Jun 23
Two children adopted by Kenny and Kelly Fry 2018 Jan 30
Girl adopted by Alan and Aimee Friz 2017 Oct 4
Jeffrey Franklin 2017 Feb 28
Two girls adopted by Mary Heller 2017 Jan
Three children adopted by Jim and Paige Nachtigal 2016 Feb 16
Boy adopted by Richard and Cynthia Kelly 2016 Nov
10 children adopted by Jonathan and Allison Schumm 2015 Nov 19
Seth Johnson 2015 Mar 30
Malayia Knapp 2015
3 children adopted by David and Rejeana Moss 2014 Sep 12
Boy adopted by Christine Evelyn Baughman 2014 Nov 22
Boy adopted by Timothy and Karen Sue Tolin 2014 Oct 20
Boy and girl adopted by Eraca Dawn Craig and Christian Jessica Deanda 2014 Mar 21
Three children adopted by Charles and Suzan Sealock 2014 Sep 7
Two children adopted by Kate Parker 2014 Apr 1
Two girls adopted by Johann and Kimery Jorg 2014 May 30
10 children adopted by Dave and Wonda Dixon 2013 Aug 21
2 children adopted by Erin and Jennifer Pickel 2013 Jun 14
3 children adopted by Mark and Susan Hooper 2013 Feb 1
Boy adopted by Lee M Rager and Diana J. Haley 2013 Jul 22
Children adopted by Lev Dzyuba and his wife 2013 Aug 15
Children in care of Wanda Sue Larson and Dorian Harper 2013 Nov 18
Erica Parson 2013 Jul 30
Five children adopted Bernie and Melissa Harmon 2013 Aug 1
Girl in UK, forced to become pregnant 2013 Apr 28
Three children adopted by Phillip and Kimberly Loesch 2013 Jul 15
Two children adopted by Ingrid Brewer 2013 Jan 15
3 children adopted by Tim and Iliana Archuleta 2012 Oct 13
Boy adopted by Matthew and Amy Sweeney (Daniil Krichun) 2012 Jul 19
Boy adopted by Mona and Russell Hauer 2012 Nov 6
Boys adopted by Leslie Tiesler and Brad Thill 2012 May 1
Children adopted by Nikki and Larry Russell 2012 Nov 27
Girl adopted by Paul Lavoe 2012 Apr 16
Girl adopted by Samuel and Diana Franklin 2012 May 30
3 children adopted by John and Sonja Kluth 2011 Feb 23
4 children adopted by Aubrey and Laura Thomas 2011 Oct 14
Austin and Edward Bryant 2011 Jan 22
Children adopted by Kenneth H. Brandt 2011 Mar 1
Five children adopted by Jeffrey and Rebecca Trebilcock 2011 Mar 1
Hana Grace-Rose Williams (Hana Alemu Befekadu) and Immanuel Williams 2011 May 12
Six children adopted by Martin and Kathleen O'Brien 2011 Aug 3
Twins adopted by Sandra Weller 2011 Oct 20
Victor and Nubia Barahona (Doctor) 2011 Feb 14
Boy adopted by Jeremiah Lovato 2010 Jan 8
Boy adopted by Steven and Mikelann Renwick 2010 Aug 18
Boy adopted by Tammy Renea Andrews 2010 Feb 24
Children adopted by Anya James 2010 Oct 1
Children adopted by Dwayne and Pamela Hardy 2010 Aug 12
Children adopted by John and Carolyn Jackson 2010 Apr 16
Children in care of Sharon Wilkerson 2010 Oct 1
Children placed with Todd and Lisa Mortensen 2010 Apr 1
Lydia and Zariah Schatz 2010 Feb 6
10 children adopted by Sharon and Reed Leonard 2009 Sep 1
Alexis 'Lexie' Glover 2009 Jan 7
Boy adopted by Tai-Ling Gigliotti 2009 Feb 11
Colin David Jones 2009 Dec 24
Nathaniel Michael Craver - (Ivan Skorobogatov) 2009 Aug 19
Children adopted by Earnest and Windie Perry 2008 Jul 10
Children adopted by Paul and Paula Dunham 2008 Nov 1
Children adopted by Shelley Blair 2008 Oct 23
Faith Raeanne Robinson 2008 May 28
Jasmine and Minnet Bowman 2008 Sep 27
Samuel Hudson (David) and five other adopted children of William and Cynthia Hudson 2008 Dec 9
Boy adopted by Paul and Debbie Salvetti 2007 Jan 1
Children adopted by Judith Leekin 2007 Jul 30
Chrystal Ramirez (Chrystal Camarillo) 2007 Aug 24
Girl adopted by Ardee Verlon Tyler and Penny Sue Tyler 2007 Oct 1
Girl adopted by Kathryn and Kenneth Kreier 2007 Sep 1
Phoebe and Joseph Dinkler 2007 Aug 9
Andrew Burd 2006 Oct 2
Girls in care of Mercedes Farquharson 2006 Mar 13
Sean Paddock (Sean Ford) 2006 Feb 26
11 Children adopted by Michael and Sharen Gravelle 2005 Sep 1
Alloma Gilbert, Christopher Spry and Child A 2005 Jan 1
Children adopted by John and Linda Dollar 2005 Jan 21
Dennis Gene Merryman (Denis Uritsky) 2005 Jan 22
Girl in care of David Kinghorn 2005 Oct 26
Girl to be adopted by Ernest Richard Davison and Cynthia Joan Davison 2005 Jan 1
Girls adopted by Jessica Banks 2005 May 9
Ricky Holland (Ricky Gann) 2005 Jul 1
Tyler Sullivan 2005 Mar 8
18 Children in care of Tom and Debra Schmitz 2004 Jun 30
Boy adopted by Peter and Deedra Mitchell 2004 Sep 4
Children adopted by Patrick and Sherry Kelley 2004 Jul 1
Alex Pavlis (Alexei Vasilovich Geiko) 2003 Dec 18
Bruce, Michael, Tyrone and Keith Jackson 2003 Oct 10
Brian Edgar 2002 Dec 31
Christopher Forder 2002 Nov 22
Children adopted by Sylvia and Michael Wenger 2001 Jan 1
Girl adopted by Stephen Douglas James 2001 Dec 4
15 children placed with Bill and Debbie Rettew 2000 Jun 1
Joseph Beebe 2000 Mar 17
Pridine Fru 2000 Feb 24
Timothy Boss 2000 Feb 23
Viktor Alexander Matthey (Viktor Sergievich Tulimov) 2000 Oct 31
Adam Herrman (Irvin Groeninger III) 1999 Jan 1
Children adopted by Emily Miller 1999 Nov 2
Elsa Garcia aka Esther Alice Combs 1998 Jan 1
28 children adopted by Kathy and Dan Blackburn 1996 Jun 6
Boy and girl adopted by Richard and Christine Dodson 1995 Jul 1
Lucas Ciambrone (Pedro Garcia) 1995 May 13
Vicky Dawn Louise Rinkel 1993 Oct 15
Hannah, Noah, Molly and Joshua Carroll 1992 Sep 21
76+ Children adopted by Diane and Dennis Nason 1991 May 1
Carmina Salcido (Cecelia Swindell) 1989 Jan 1
Dominick J. (Andrew) Diehl 1986 Oct 29
Jackie Zudis (Thi My Lan Nguyen) 1977 Jan 1

Disrupted placement cases

Title Date
Artem Justin Hansen (Artyom Saveliev) 2010 Apr 8
Isaiah Allison 2009 Jan 1

Documents

Title Publication date
Roane County couple charged after child's remains discovered buried in back yard 2020 May 26
The Fundamentalist Trap 2018 Oct 22
'I broke away from a strict homeschooling community cult' 2018 Feb 2
Sabrina Ray's parents can keep adoption payments even if they're convicted of abuse. Here's why: 2017 Jun 3
'Heartbroken' Iowa agency asks experts how to prevent child deaths 2017 May 20
Are abusive parents hiding behind Iowa's home-school laws? 2017 Jan 21
With no state oversight for homeschooling, quality of education in Schumm home questioned 2015 Nov 30
The extraordinary upbringing and daring escape of a victim of America's homeschooling fundamentalists 2015 Feb 28
Hana's Story: An adoptee's tragic fate, and how it could happen again. 2013 Nov 10
Erica Parsons - Homeschool rules not always enforced 2013 Aug 22
Orphan Fever: The Evangelical Movement's Adoption Obsession 2013 May 1
Orphan Fever: The Evangelical Movement's Adoption Obsession 2013 Apr 16
Assembly panel approves bill regulating home-schooling of foster children despite outcry 2012 May 15
Preaching virtue of spanking even as deaths fuel debate 2011 Nov 7
Adoption growing among evangelical Christians 2011 Jan 18
Questions about ministry grow 2010 Feb 26
Godly discipline turned deadly 2010 Feb 22
Get tough on home tuition to weed out abuse, says review 2009 Jun 5
Parenting guru is revered, reviled 2006 Apr 30
ELIZABETH LOONEY: MISS TEEN COLLIERVILLE 2006 2006
TROUBLING INCIDENTS IN HOME-SCHOOL SETTINGS 2004 Nov 17
Home Schoolers May Be No Safer in Their Homes Than Other Children 2004 Nov 17
Home schooling 'could be a cover for child abuse and sexual exploitation'