Tag: 2005
Posted on September 11, 2013 by rachel
Savannah and Selena, both adopted, were subjected to horrific sexual abuse at the hands of their adult brother, Michael, who was also adopted. The couple, described only as Mother and J.S. in court documents, had three additional young… Read More
Posted on July 17, 2013 by rachel
Wilson and Brenda Sullivan’s 17 year old mentally handicapped adopted son was found caged in a crib by investigators responding to an anonymous tip. He was severely malnourished and weighed only 49 pounds, less than what he weighed… Read More
Posted on July 16, 2013 by rachel
Robert Hale served as midwife at the births of all fifteen of his children. The family homesteaded, homeschooled (although little education took place), and lived in isolation in the Sangre de Cristo mountains of New Mexico until 1998,… Read More
Posted on June 4, 2013 by rachel
Lisa Holland struck her 7 year old adopted son Ricky in the head with a hammer and didn’t seek medical help while he slowly died. Lisa and her husband Tim dumped Ricky’s body in a swamp and said… Read More
Posted on May 10, 2013 by rachel
David and Glenda Kinghorn had 2 biological children and four adopted children, and took in as many as 8 additional children from disrupted adoptions. David was charged and convicted of raping one of these children, a girl aged… Read More
Posted on May 9, 2013 by rachel
John and Linda Dollar are accused of abusing their 5 adopted children, ages 12, 13, 14, 14, and 16, by branding them with a cattle prod, striking their feet with hammers, pulling out their toenails with pliers, and… Read More
Posted on May 5, 2013 by rachel
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Michael and Sharon Gravelle forced their eleven adopted special needs children to sleep in stacked cages rigged with alarms. At night, the children were so afraid of setting off the alarms that they would urinate in their clothes… Read More
Updated on July 3, 2021 by rachel
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Dennis Merryman was 8 years old when he died of starvation. He had been adopted from Russia some years earlier along with four brothers and sisters. His Maryland parents, Samuel and Donna Merryman, devout Christians who served as… Read More
Tag: 2005
Two Children of Mother and J.S.
Posted on September 11, 2013 by rachel
Savannah and Selena, both adopted, were subjected to horrific sexual abuse at the hands of their adult brother, Michael, who was also adopted. The couple, described only as Mother and J.S. in court documents, had three additional young… Read More
Category: Adoption, Sexual Abuse Tags: 2005, Tennessee
Child of Wilson and Brenda Sullivan
Posted on July 17, 2013 by rachel
Wilson and Brenda Sullivan’s 17 year old mentally handicapped adopted son was found caged in a crib by investigators responding to an anonymous tip. He was severely malnourished and weighed only 49 pounds, less than what he weighed… Read More
Category: Adoption, Disabilities, Food Deprivation, Imprisonment Tags: 2005, ohio
15 Children of Robert Hale (Papa Pilgrim)
Posted on July 16, 2013 by rachel
Robert Hale served as midwife at the births of all fifteen of his children. The family homesteaded, homeschooled (although little education took place), and lived in isolation in the Sangre de Cristo mountains of New Mexico until 1998,… Read More
Category: Physical Abuse, Sexual Abuse Tags: 2005, Alaska
Ricky Holland
Posted on June 4, 2013 by rachel
Lisa Holland struck her 7 year old adopted son Ricky in the head with a hammer and didn’t seek medical help while he slowly died. Lisa and her husband Tim dumped Ricky’s body in a swamp and said… Read More
Category: Adoption, Fatality, Food Deprivation, Imprisonment, Medical Neglect, Physical Abuse Tags: 2005, Michigan
2 Children of David and Glenda Kinghorn
Posted on May 10, 2013 by rachel
David and Glenda Kinghorn had 2 biological children and four adopted children, and took in as many as 8 additional children from disrupted adoptions. David was charged and convicted of raping one of these children, a girl aged… Read More
Category: Adoption, Disabilities, Imprisonment, Physical Abuse, Sexual Abuse Tags: 2005, Arkansas
5 Children of John and Linda Dollar
Posted on May 9, 2013 by rachel
John and Linda Dollar are accused of abusing their 5 adopted children, ages 12, 13, 14, 14, and 16, by branding them with a cattle prod, striking their feet with hammers, pulling out their toenails with pliers, and… Read More
Category: Adoption, Food Deprivation, Imprisonment, Physical Abuse Tags: 2005, Florida
11 Children of Michael and Sharon Gravelle
Posted on May 5, 2013 by rachel
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Michael and Sharon Gravelle forced their eleven adopted special needs children to sleep in stacked cages rigged with alarms. At night, the children were so afraid of setting off the alarms that they would urinate in their clothes… Read More
Category: Adoption, Disabilities, Imprisonment, Physical Abuse Tags: 2005, ohio
Dennis Gene Merryman
Updated on July 3, 2021 by rachel
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Dennis Merryman was 8 years old when he died of starvation. He had been adopted from Russia some years earlier along with four brothers and sisters. His Maryland parents, Samuel and Donna Merryman, devout Christians who served as… Read More
Category: Adoption, Fatality, Food Deprivation Tags: 2005, Maryland
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