Baby Trafficking Highlighted by Pregnant Teen’s Slaying
A shocked nation remembers 1990s scandal about corrupt adoption procedures and wonders how much is still going on. March 12, 2006 | Rick Vecchio | Associated Press LIMA, Peru — When the body of Claudina Herrera was discovered almost five months ago by the side of a highway, curled in the fetal position in a cardboard box, the cause of …
Living with Dead Hearts
“We saw a person grab my son and take him away. No one could find him, it was as if he had evaporated.” A Chinese Father “The feeling of losing your child, it’s like …like being hopeless. We are living with dead hearts.” A Chinese Mother “The orphanages classified the children as ‘orphans’ or ‘abandoned’….and put them up for international …
Illegal adoptions pose complications in searches for birth parents
Paula Douglas’s birth certificate was forged and she cannot trace her birth mother. Paula Douglas has known she was adopted from as early as she can remember. Her Irish mother Lil Holmes told her when she was four. Yet, she remained puzzled. According to her birth certificate, her adoptive parents, Ronn and Lil Holmes, were her natural parents. When …
Agonizing, Lonely Search for Missing Kids in China
BEIJING — In the grainy video, Zhang Xiuhong can see her daughter ride her bike down a country road on her way to school one spring afternoon six years ago. In the next shot, Yao Li rides down a driveway a few moments after her classmates walk by. Then, the pictures stop: The 15-year-old disappeared just minutes after that surveillance …
