There’s seems to be a discrepancy as to when he was adopted. The brothers could not have both been adopted as infants at the same time. Rather than Nik being adopted as an infant, which coincides with the obit photo, there is this report:
Cruz was adopted at age 2 along with his 2-month-old brother, Zachary, by Lynda and Roger Cruz, friends and relatives said. Relatives said Nikolas and Zachary shared a biological mother but have different fathers.
If Nik or both are the result of FAS, this in an opportunity to educate others as to the typically horrible outcomes.
Although adoption records are sealed, I hope some nosey reporter goes digging into this case and figures out from what agency or orphanage they originated. Glad the Russian adoption pipeline stopped feeding their rejects into America.
And where were all the relatives that are now talking to reporters when the orphaned boys needed them? According to Gold, Cruz’s next door neighbor, only he and his ex-girlfriend, Dechamps-(Lantana mobile home), attended Lynda Cruz’s funeral plus her two sons. That’s 4 people in total.
They likely could have filled the entire funeral parlor with all the deputies, case-workers, school counselors, special-ed teachers, and abused neighbors that had dealt with trying to fix this family.
And if they know that, they almost certainly know where the boys were adopted from. Curious that that bit of information isn't being provided.