A couple of other cases of foreign-born, adopted tots being killed:
This one in 1997 in my state of CO:
Woman Sentenced to 22 Years in Death of Adopted Son
https://mobile.nytimes.com/1997/09/23/us/woman-sentenced-to-22-years-in-death-of-adopted-son.html
And from Texas in 2013:
After Adopted Boy Dies in U.S., Russian Officials Accuse Texas Woman
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/02/20/world/europe/adopted-boys-death-in-us-stirs-outrage-in-russia.html
I’m very sorry to hear about this cute little girl meeting a horrible end.
I think many of these foreign-born children have special needs in some fashion, and the adoptive parents aren’t always equipped emotionally/intellectually/tempermentally to handle it. It’s a terrible shame for the child.
From the second link:
Anger over adoption was revived in 2010 when a 7-year-old boy, born Artyom Solovyev, was sent alone on a flight back to Russia by his adoptive mother from Tennessee, along with a note saying the boy was “violent and has severe psychopathic issues.”
From the first link:
The case has touched off a debate among psychologists and adoption officials about a disorder that is increasingly being diagnosed as the number of foreign adoptions rise. Last year, Americans adopted 11,340 children from foreign countries, more than twice the number adopted two decades ago. While the vast majority appear to be successful, some bring turmoil that is only beginning to be acknowledged publicly.
Whatever happened here in Greeley, reactive attachment disorder is an illness recognized by the American Psychiatric Association. The disorder, in which a child cannot bond with a caregiver and frequently flies into fits of rage and destructive behavior, can be the result of an extended period of emotional deprivation in the early months of life.
and...
Ms. Tepper cautioned that factors other than poor institutional care, such as fetal alcohol syndrome and low birth weight, may be a cause of the problems.