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Nobody is forgotten. Nothing is forgotten.
Nikto ne zabyt - Nichto ne zabyto
....Olga Bergolts
Since 1996 more than 15 children adopted from Russia by USians have died at the hands of their Forever Parents.
"Experts" like to say that these kinds of deaths are "rare," yet no other national or ethnic cohort of children placed internationally with US parents have sustained such abuse. The Daily Bastardette will discuss the Russian situation in other posts, but for now, here are the stories of these children who have found their Forever Homes not with loving adoptive parents but in the grave.
DAVID POLREIS, JR, born Konstantin Shlepkin, age 2, Greeley, Colorado. Died February 9, 1996; beaten and cut over 90% of his body. Adoptive mother Renee Polreis, 42, claimed David beat himself to death with a wooden spoon due to RAD. Husband, David Polreis, Sr. , a vice president of Con-Agra, was out of town at the time of the attack and was not implicated. Renee Polreis was convicted of child abuse resulting in death and sentenced to 18 years in prison. In 2000 her sentence was reduced; she was paroled in 2005 and remains on intensive supervised parole.
David was adopted from Tula; in US 6 months. Home Study: unknown. Adoption Agency: Rainbow House International, Belen, New Mexico. Second adoption for Polreis; first was bi-racial boy.
SELECTED RESOURCES:Denver Westword, October 10, 1996, "Terrible Two"
Denver Westword March 27, 1997, "Psychological War"
Denver Westword, May 22, 1997, "Little Boy Lost"
(cannot link directly. Google for articles)
LOGAN HIGGINBOTHAM , born Ana Puchtnaya, age 3, Shelburne, Vermont. Died November 25, 1998 of massive head injuries. Adoptive mother Laura Higginbotham, 33, claimed Logan fell and hit her head on the floor of an upstairs bedroom. The medical examiner was unable to determine if death was an accident or homicide. Three years later police reopened the case with other medical experts and concluded that Logan's head had been intentionally slammed into a wall. In 2004, Laura Higginbotham pled no contest to a charge of involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced to 1 year in prison. She will remain on parole until her older daughter, Layne also adopted from Russia is 18, According to an unsuccessful lawsuit filed in 2002 to force the state to pay for expert testimony, the combined annual income of Higginbaum and her husband was $72,984 (she grossed $5,264/mo with monthly expenses of $6.725) Higginbotham divorced and remarried. She remains in Shelburne with her new husband, adopted daughter and an infant daughter, presumably biological.
Logan was born in Smolens , Amur region. Adopted from Smolensk; in US 7 months. Home Study: unknown. Adoption Agency: European Adoption Consultants, Strongsville, Ohio.
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Viktor was born in Busse Chobodnesky, Amur Region; adopted from Amur Region, Siberia; in US 10 months. Home Study and Post-Adoption Follow-up: Hawthorne, New Jersey Bethany Christian Services, social worker: Lori Phelan. Adoption Agency: Adoption Alliance, Denver, Colorado.
SELECTED RESOURCES:Newark Star-Ledger, October 28, 2001, "The Short Life of Viktor Alexander Matthey"
Newark Star Ledger, May 10, 2007, "Mattheys sentenced to 4 years for Viktor's death"
Viktor's Hope
LUKE EVANS, born Sergei Nakonechniy, age 1.5, Lowell, Indiana. Died November 30, 2001 of massive head injuries, shaken baby syndrome, and poor nutrition. He may have been developmentally delayed.Adoptive mother Natalie Fabian Evans, 33, claimed she couldn't wake Luke in the morning, and took him to the bathtub where she planned to place him in water to "stimulate him." Says he "may" have bumped his head on the tub. Local prosecutors took over a year to file charges because they wanted to be sure about the medical evidence. On June 30, 2006 Fabian Evans was found not guilty of murder, battery and neglect of a dependent after a doctor for the defense convinced a jury that Luke could have had "bleeding in his brain for days prior to the day" he was found unresponsive in his crib. Luke was adopted with an unrelated boy from his orphanage who was living at the time of Luke's death, with a relative of Natalie Evans.' Her husband Steven was not charged. In 2003 Natalie filed for divorce which wasn't granted until June 2006.
Luke was Adopted from Inozemtsevo; in US 6 months. Home Study: unknown. Adoption Agency: Small World International/Charity, New York City.
Selected Resources:
NW Times, June 30, 1996 Natalie Evans Testifies in Her Murder Trial
JACOB LINDORFF, (birth name unknown) age 5, Gloucester Twp., New Jersey. Died December 14, 2001 of blunt force trauma to head. Also suffered from 2nd degree burns on feet, hemorrhaging in 1 eye; bruises, and seizures. Adoptive mother Heather Lindorff, 36, was found guilty of 2nd degree endangering, aggravated assault and sentenced to 6 years. She claimed the injuries were accidents and begged judge not to separate her from her family. Adoptive father, James, 54, sentenced to 4 years probation and 400 hours of community service for child abuse. Couple also adopted 3 bio-sisters from Russia, Jacob was one of a fraternal twins; placed with the Lindorffs only 18 months after the sisters arrived. The remaining children were placed with Heather Lindorff's mother, Mildred Culllinan. In May 2004, Heather Lindorff was released on appeal bond and ordered not to visit children without supervision. That same month DYFS learned that children were back living with Lindorffs. Medical examinations found four children were malnourished, abused, and neglected. Heather Lindorff is serving out her sentence and will be released no later than June 2010. In September 2007, James Lindorff and Mildred Cullinan were charged in a murder-for-hire plot to kill a witness. On August 7, 2008, after a negotiated plea, he was found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder. Mildren Cullinan pled quilty to 90 days in jail after pleading down to hindering an investigation.
Jacob was adopted from Pskov Oblast; in US 6 weeks. Home Study: unknown. Adoption Agency: Open Door, Thomasville, Georgia.
SELECTED RESOURCES:NJ.com, April 2, 2004, "Heather Lindorff Gets 6 Years"
Philadelphia Inquirer, June 1, 2006, "Revocation of Bail Sought in Death of Adopted 5-Year Old (paid archives)
NJ.com, September 1, 2007, "2 Charged in Murder or Hire Plot"
JESSICA ALBINA HAGMANN (birth name unknown) age 2 years, 7 months,
Jessica was adopted from Moscow. Time in US: 8 months. Home Study: unknown. Adoption Agency: unknown,. (NOTE: agency representative was present in courtroom for sentencing but neither agency nor rep was identified by press).
*I have not found this title, but did find Help for the Hopeless Child: A Guide for Families with Special Discussion for Addressing and Treating the Post-Institutionalized Child) by Ron Federici, which I believe is the correct title.
SELECTED RESOURCES:Manassas Journal Messenger, January 21, 2004, County Mother to be Sentenced in Death of Child
ZACHARY HIGIER born Nikita Khoryakov, age 2, Braintree, Massachusetts. Died August 15, 2002 of severe trauma to the head. Adoptive mother Natalia Higier, 47 claimed he fell out of his crib or hit his head on the kitchen floor, but doctors said injuries were consistent with falling out of a 3-story building. Jacob had a bilateral skull fracture, a massive stroke on the right side of his brain, a smaller stroke on left side, brain swelling and detached retinas. Later Higier said she was tossing him in the air when he hit his head on the coffee table. Husband not charged; couple now divorced. Higier pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in jail, with 18 months balance of sentence suspended for 4 years; also required to attend anger management classes. The Higiers had a history of domestic violence and restraining orders against each other.
SELECTED RESOURCES:Quincy Patriot-Ledger,
WCVB-TV
(cannot link directly. Google for articles)
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Maria was born in Ussurisk, Primorski Krai and in adopted from Ussurisk near Vladivostok in US for 9 months. Home Study: unknown. Adoption Agency: Focus on Children, Wellsville, Utah.
Selected Resources:Lancaster Eagle-Gazette, November 8, 2003, "Mom Sentenced in Child's Death (not online)
LIAM DMITRY THOMPSON, (born Dmitry Sergeyevich Ishlankulov, age 3, Galloway, Ohio. Died October 16, 2003 at Columbus Doctors Hospital West of scalding and neglect. Five days earlier, adoptive father, Gary Allen Thompson, put Liam in a bathtub of 140 degree water causing 2nd and 3rd degree burns; skin peeled off legs. Instead of seeking treatment Thompson put him on a crib mattress in an unheated basement. Adoptive mother, LPN Amy Lyna Thompson, whose diary revealed she didn't like Liam or his adopted sister, failed to notice the seriousness of burns for 2 days, then treated him with Tylenol and Vaseline. Liam was taken to the hospital only when he went into respitory failure. Autopsy revealed severe burns on both legs, right arm, back, and buttocks; bruises on neck, right side of upper lip, right eye, both cheeks and forehead. The official cause of death is listed as "thermal injuries."Amy Thompson pled guilty to child endangering and involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced to 14 years in prison and is still incarcerated. Gary Thompson pled guilty to murder and was sentenced to 15-life. Amy Thompson's daughter from her previous marriage was last reported in foster care; the Thompsons' biological son lives with relatives; and the daughter they adopted with Liam, has been adopted by a local couple.
Liam was adopted from Blagoveshchensk; in US 5 months. Home Study: unknown. Facilator: AMREX Adoption Agency: Tree of Life, Portland, Oregon. (Tree of Life also placed a 5-year old Romanian orphan with William Peckenpaugh who was later convicted of 33 charges including 9 counts of sodomy and 3 counts of sexual abuse against the boy).
Selected Resources:
Columbus Dispatch, December 3, 2003, "Father Pleads Guilty to Burning, Killing Son
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Alex was adopted from Yeysk, Krasnadar Region; in US 6 weeks. Home Study: Mt. Vernon, Illinois Baptist Children's Home and Family Services. Adoption Agency: independent adoption.
SELECTED RESOURCES:WMAQ-TV, Chicago, April 14, 2005, "Pavlis Trial: Defendant's Video Statement Shown" (cannot link directly. Google for articles)
ABC News, May 17, 2005, "Boy's Death May Halt US Adoptions"
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Dennis was adopted from Ochery in the Perm Region with 1 older biological brother and 2 older biological sisters, all with medical problems discovered after adoptions; in the US nearly 5 years. (Another sources says he was from Pskov Region.)Home Study: unknown. Adoption Agency: Adoptions Forever (closed)
SELECTED RESOURCES:
Baltimore Sun, February 26, 2008, "Harford Couple Plead Guilty"
Baltimore Sun, April 18, 2008, "Prison for child's death"
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Nina was adopted from Irkutsk Orphange #1 ("Sunshine") through Kikutsk Regional Center for Psychological, Medical, and Social Care for Children. Home Study: A Loving Family, Alexandra, Virginia (no longer operating). Post Placement Report (2005): A Child's Hope, Raleigh, North Carolina. Adoption Agency: Adoptions International, Dallas, Texas owned by adoption lawyer Jody Hall.
SELECTED RESOURCES:
Charlotte News & Observer, July 14, 2005, "Slain Girl was Second Couple Adopted" (cannot link directly. Google for article)
WRAL-TV, Raleigh, July 28, 2005, Community Gather to Remember Russian Child Allegedly Beaten By Adoptive Mother (cannot link directly. Google for article)
Washington Post, May 26, "Mother Sentenced to 25 Years" (cannot link directly. Google for article)
WE-TV: Peggy Sue Hilt's Blog (and links to Hilt segment)
Hilt Family webpage
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On August 13, 2005, Brian Dykstra called 911 saying Isaac was having a 'little seizure" and difficulty breathing from what "might be related to a head injury" Isaac was recovering from club foot surgery and Dykstra claimed the baby had fallen a few days earlier after the cast was removed, but had shown no signs of injury. According to police, Isaac had massive brain swelling, severe bleeding inside the skull, and retinal swelling in both eyes. He also had severe bruising on his torso and legs. The description is consistent with shaken baby syndrome, not a fall on the floor.
Isaac was adopted from Krasnoyarsk . In US: 3 months. Home Study: unknown. Adoption Agency: unknown
Dykstra is scheduled for a pre-trial hearing on April 29 and the trial set to start on May 10, 2010. As of May 5, the trial was postponed indefinitely at the request of the prosecution and defense, due to the complexity of the case.
Selected Resources:
Iowa City Police News Release, August 8, 2008: Former IC Man Charged for Death of Adopted Child
Iowa City Police News Release, August 8, 2008: Former IC Man Charged for Death of Adopted Child
Iowa City Press-Citizen, October 3, 2008: Witnesses Listed in Infant Death Trial
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Kolya was adopted from the Moscow Orphanage #25; in US less than 1 month. Home Study: unknown. Adoption Agency: About a Child, DesMoines, Iowa (Russian press reports adoption was independent).
SELECTED RESOURCES:
March 14, 2008, Dead, Another StarvingTruveo, "US Baby Death Puts Russian Adoption in Doubt"
Salt Lake City Tribune, October 11, 2008, "Mother Must Serve Up to 15 Years for Death of Adopted Son"
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Chase was adopted from the Pechora City Children's Home, Psov area; in the US 3 months.
Adoption Connections, Falls Church, Virginia. Social Worker: Christine Hessinger. Adoption Agency: European Adoption Consultants, Strongsville, Ohio. EAC also placed Logan Higginbotham. (see above) According to RBC News and Gazetta (Russian language papers) the Russian Education and Science Ministry's adoption commission has banned EAC from working in the Russian Federation for failure to inform Russian authorities immediately of Chase's death, a breach of Russian law. The July 14 edition of The Moscow Times reported that it was only under investigated.
SELECTED RESOURCES:
Washington Post, July 10, 2008, "VA Toddler Dies After Father Leaves him SUV"
Fairfax Times, July 10, 2008, "Father Charged After Son Dies in Unattended Car in Herndon"
Novistii, July 11, 2008, "Russia Bans 3 Adoption Agencies Following Baby's Death in US"
RBC News, July 11, 20008, "Россия запретит усыновление международным организациям"
Gazetta, July 12 2009, "Россия отсекла усыновителей"
Moscow Times, July 14, 2008, "Two Agencies Barred After Boy's Death"
Fairfax Times, July 22, 2008, "Purcellville Toddler Remembered"
Washington Post, July 23, 2008, "Father Indicted in Toddler's Death in Hot SUV"
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On August 19, the Cravers claim Vanya fell and hit his head on a wood stove in their home, but seemed OK. Next day he was found unresponsive in his urine soaked bed and taken to the ER. Michael Craver's mother told investigators that on Memorial Day 2009 she was shocked to see Vanya's eyes swollen shut and was told by her son that the boy rubbed and scratched his eyes and wouldn't leave them alone. She also reported that Vanya would shake when he thought he would get in trouble over something. An adoptive aunt reported that in August 2009 Nathaniel's eyes were swollen shut and the left side of his face was swollen. There are no records of medical treatment for any of the injuries Vanya supposedly suffered at his own hand.
On February 26, 2010, Michael J. Craver, 45 and Nanette L. (Korkuch) Craver, 54 were arrested and charged with criminal homicide, conspiracy, and child endangerment. They are currently held in the York County Prison without bond. Authorities said they made no connection between the death and Vanya's Russian adoptee status and were surprised when Russia TV crews showed up at his office. No trial date has been set. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for April 29, 2010.
Additional information: Sometime in 2008 , the Cravers briefly lost physical custody of Vanya and his twin sister Elizabeth (now in care) while York County Children and Youth Services investigated alleged negligence and poor conditions in the home. (no details) The children were returned and pulled out of public school to be home schooled. (Another report says they were already being home schooled).
In 2003, Vanya and his twin sister Dasha (now known as Elizabeth) were adopted from Dom Rebyonka #9 in Troiotsk, Chelyabinsk region. In US 6 years (approx). Home Study: unknown. Adoption Agency: Lutheran Social Services of the South, Austin, Texas. (accredited in Russia 2001-5/20/2005. Never re-accredited and closed Russian program). Post-Placement: unknown.
Selected resources:Harrisburg Patriot-News, February 27, 2010. "York County parents charged in death of their son, 7"York Dispatch, March 4, 2010. "Prosecutor: Local boy's death sparks international attention"
York Dispatch, March 5, 2010. "Carroll Twp. couple charged in child's death"
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Other Russian adoptees have survived brutal treatment from their Forever Parents. Though no one has yet completely documented the number of cases, here is one survivor:KELSEY HYRE, age 2, Akron Ohio. Permanently paralyzed September 26, 2002. Spine severed after her adoptive father Gerald Hyre slammed her on the floor. Adoptive mother, Bonnie Hyre, who was at work at the time, took her to hospital when she came home. Ms. Hyre had previously suspected her husband of abusing both Kelsey and her adoptive brother Nathan, 3, and taken photos of other injuries, discussed suspicions with co-workers, but after husband's arrested she destroyed pictures and did nothing. Gerald Hyre sentenced to 16 years for felonious assault and child abuse. Bonnie Hyre sentenced to 2 years for permitting child abuse and evidence tampering and is now out of jail. Kelsey has been adopted by another couple and is reportedly responding well. Nathan was placed with Bonnie Hyre's mother, but Bonnie Hyre now has custody.Kelsey and Nathan were probably adopted from Blagoveshchensk. Home Study: A Child is Waiting, Akron, Ohio (Also see my Stephpanie Bennett blogs for ACW other activities). Adoption Agency: Building Blocks Adoption Services, Medina, Ohio.
Nikto ne zabyt - Nichto ne zabyto
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Thanks Dan and Elizabeth Case for their assistance in preparing this piece. For more information on Russian adoptions and abuse in the US please go to their website Beware of BBAS.com: an Experiment in Literary Investigation
Thanks, also to Niels Hoogveen from Pound Pup Legacy, especially for information on the Jessica Albina Hagmann case.
FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE:
James Marsh's ChildLaw blog
"Adoptee Deaths are Rare, Experts Say," Chicago Tribune, May 26, 2004 (now in paid archives but found here.
Also see my blogs on Masha Allen
AND LOOK FOR UPDATES ON THIS PAGE
Thanks Dan and Elizabeth Case for their assistance in preparing this piece. For more information on Russian adoptions and abuse in the US please go to their website Beware of BBAS.com: an Experiment in Literary Investigation
Thanks, also to Niels Hoogveen from Pound Pup Legacy, especially for information on the Jessica Albina Hagmann case.
FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE:
James Marsh's ChildLaw blog
"Adoptee Deaths are Rare, Experts Say," Chicago Tribune, May 26, 2004 (now in paid archives but found here.
Also see my blogs on Masha Allen
AND LOOK FOR UPDATES ON THIS PAGE
If readers have more information about these cases please post them
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(updated November 27, 2013)
8 comments:
My strong opinion about those creatures is that they must be sentenced to the same things that they have done to those poor children: beat them to death, burn them in boiling water, starve them to death. A couple years in comfortable prison can't be equal to the crimes of the bastards. It's not punishment at all!!!
Niels, Marley:
THANK YOU for finding the information about Jessica Hagmann. That was so eye openeing - in a sad way.
Great work. I'd wondered what went on with her for I tried to find out more and failed.
E.Case
FOCUS ON CHILDREN SCOTT AND KAREN BANKS WERE NOT RUNNING AN ADOPTION AGENCY BUT A CHILD TRAFFICKING BUSINESS> THEY TRADED CANS OF TUNA FISH FOR BABIES IN SAMOA ALL IN THE GOOD NAME OF THE LDS CHURCH> BABIES EQUATE TO CANS OF TUNA WHICH EQUATES TO $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ DOE SCOTT AND KAREN BANKS OF FOCUS ON CHILDREN
Scott and Karen Banks, Focus on Children are in the news for dumping two of their adopted children in Samoa. So what else is news, they ran a child trafficking business there so they said, why not lets dump two kids that were tired of there and not give them their paper work so they can NEVER leave the ISLAND. Stupid morons, they need to be dumped off in the nearest sewer for treating children this way.
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Three Russian children in my community are being abused. I have been trying to find someone to help them but law enforcement and child protective services do not react. I don't know why. I have lots of documentation and even medical evidence. I would like to contact the Minister of Education in Russia. Do you know how I can do this or who might be able to help. An investigation needs to be conducted that is independent from local child protective services. The children remain with the adoptive parents. The boy had a fractured jaw and teeth broken. He is denied food at times. I am so sad about the way the children, especially the boy, is treated. susan.broussard@ymail.com
Thanks for writing, Susan. Unfortunately, I have no idea why you can't get "officials" to respond. Far too many times the cops and "social workers" don't do anything. I think the police are better, but still seem ineffective. Do you have any idea what agency the kids were adopted from (not that they would care, once they got their money). I'll look around on the Minister's contact information and get back to you. I'll also forward this information to someone who might hae some ideas. I certainly don't want to add these kids to the list.
Thanks for bringing these horrendous cases to attention.The adoption industry is ultimately responsible for poor homestudies and wrong placements all in the name of greed.
Svetlana, violence does not stop more violence, presumably by 'bastards' you mean the adopters and not the adoptees some of whom may indeed be bastards in the true sense.Those of us adoptees who are bastards take exception.
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