A sister named Doris Hill

I want to talk about a woman named Doris Hill. Well, that was her name 50+ years ago, before she was sold through an illegal adoption ring!
Birth Records for Doris, as well as her 4 siblings, were unlawfully destroyed, in order to cover the transaction. Ushered out the back room of a state patrol station, Doris was renamed Deborah Letham.
Link to Video

By Delivrine Registre - bio email
COFFEE COUNTY, GA (WALB) -

Deborah Latham thumbs through 28 files full of information about her biological family members. Information she began collecting after her mother died.

"After all of the family that you know is gone, you start to think I have no more family, but I do somewhere. And I wonder if they've been looking for me."

And they were. A week before Christmas she got a call about her sister and later connected with her brother Gary. "My original name Doris Hill was the name he was looking for," said Latham.

That was also when she learned about the illegal adoptions. "There was a scam going around looking for children to sell. The judge was involved and a nurse. Deborah's mother was targeted because she was a poor single mother with nine children.

"They took us to the state patrol station to the back room, and the parents were there and they took us right than," said Latham. "Who got what money or who started it I don't know?"

The original birth records of all five children involved were destroyed, and their names changed to hide the illegal exchanges. This is also making it harder for Deborah to find her biological brothers Earl and Elroy.

"We are still trying to find them, but we don't know what names to look for." She now hopes someone watching may be able to help her fill both of their empty folders.

"If Earl or Elroy know who they are, or know what has happened to them, we would love for them to contact us. Just to let us know they are alive. If they want to be involved with our family, we would love to have them in our family. We want to know what happened to them."

And help her put an end to a 54-year separation with the family she never knew she had. Deborah wants anyone who may have information about her biological brothers Earl or Elroy to contact her.

Earl should turn 59 this year and Elroy would turn 57. She can be reached at 912-384-6758. She can also be reached by email at lathDbr@aol.com.

Source & Photo
Woman needs help finding brothers

Legally Kidnapped: Toddler in foster care comes home to grandparents

After a two-year battle, an Enumclaw couple is about to be reunited with their granddaughter. It's a stunning turn of events in a bitter custody case that the KING 5 Investigators have been following for months.
This is a MUST see!

Toddler in foster care comes home to grandparents

Christian Adoption Agency: Babies on the 'Auction Block?'

clipped from apathoftheheart.blogspot.com

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Adoption: A Path of the Heart

As a mother of a beautiful daughter through the miracle of adoption, I am thrilled to now be working as an adoption consultant for Christian Adoption Consultants.

I am more than disgusted by this dehumanization process! Apparently, I'm not the only one.
I'd first read of this 'adoption tactic' on
Ca cha cha cha ching$$$$$$

For some reason, Cheerio actually scarfed a few comments from readers, before all comments mysteriously disappeared from the 'auction block site'
One of the posters took time to share a heartfelt story of growing up as an adopted child...THAT was even deleted.

What is this adoption agency afraid of? Are they afraid of those who have been there, sharing THEIR opinions of adoption?
If you are interested in what a few people had to say about this, before their POV was deleted, take a moment to visit
Ca cha cha cha ching$$$$$$
(Thank you for bringing this to my attention, Cheerio)

I am so disgusted with *cough sputter cough*
"A path of the heart", that I said to myself,
"Self...let's share this disgusting, insensitive post with other bloggers who might see through this money making scheme called adoption!"

Legally Kidnapped didn't post on it once...but TWICE!
(Thank you for responding, LK!)

BUT it didn't stop there...here's another opinion concerned about posting babies on an 'auction block'

This needs to stop. Why can't people see there is a reason for adoption reform? That blog goes against everything that is ethical and moral in this world. It breaks my heart to see little ones being so callously used to fill the desires of adults who should know better. READ MORE...
The sick business that is Adoption

OH! HERE'S ANOTHER...

We are also quite educated on the matter of Mother/Child exploitation, a grave subject Michelle Obama just got a taste of. And if our First Lady can feel that her daughter's are being used for the purpose of marketing then I wonder what she would think of a stomach turning list selling real life children for Adoption that I saw yesterday on the wonderful Cheerio's (Surviving Adoption Loss) blog (trashing the following like everyone should be of course) READ MORE...
Paper Roses, Life Like Dolls and Careless Hearts

And 10 years later... ~Adam Herrman~

~UPDATE~

Butler County Attorney Jan Satterfield says no human remains have been found in the search for Adam Herrman, but there's still a chance for first-degree murder charges, with the underlying crime being child abuse.

"They are the suspects in this case," Butler County Attorney Jan Satterfield said of Doug and Valerie Herrman.

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I first read about the search for a child missing 10 years ago, on Legally Kidnapped.

No, LE is not reopening an old case because of new tips. This is the FIRST TIME anyone has NOTICED that this boy had been missing....for TEN YEARS!

Adam was born on June 8, 1987. He was adopted by Doug and Valerie Herrman, out of foster care, when he was 2 and 1/2 years old. Adam and his adoptive parents lived at Pine Ridge mobile home park in Towanda, Kansas.
A few weeks ago, an annonymous person called the Childrens Missing and Exploited Unit to report Adam missing.
Even though the Herrmans have since moved, Butler County Police are investigating the site where the mobile home once stood. The police are considering them as 'persons of interest' in the case.

"He was a problem child. He ran away frequently to the point of exasperation," Eisenbise said. "My clients feel very guilty that the last time he left they didn't make an attempt to locate him. Every other time, the police were called or he wandered back. They assumed he found one of his siblings or went back to his biological parents."
"They want to say they are innocent of any wrongdoing other than not reporting the child missing, which is an offense in Kansas as you know," he said. "The issue of a possible homicide is what I am troubled with, because they did not do it."

Sure, they feel guilty for not reporting an eleven year old child as missing...guilty enough to continue claiming Adam as a dependent for tax purposes! A 'run away-problem child' at the young age of 11 screams of trouble in the home!
As of yet, investigators have not confirmed whether or not Adam had a history of running away.
Adam was being homeschooled at the time of his disappearance.

Sheriff Craig Murphy says they are treating the case as a death investigation. But he says there's no evidence to prove he's dead and Adam may be out there somewhere. Murphy says by investigating it as a death, they cover a lot more information. Murphy says they've done computer data searches on Adam and nothing comes up on him after 1999.

Adam would be 21 years old now.

Several eye witness interviews with family members, including Adams adoptive brother, mention Adam being abused. These family members were told that Adam was returned to foster care, so nobody realized he was missing.

Friday, 09 January 2009
The family of a missing Towanda boy continued to collect money from the state for caring for the boy after he disappeared. The Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services could not immediately determine how much money in adoption subsidies Valerie and Doug Herrman received after Adam Herrman disappeared in 1999. He was 11 at the time, but he never was reported missing. Authorities only recently began searching for him after receiving a tip. So far no arrests have been made or charges filed. Welfare officials also disclosed yesterday that Adam once was taken away from the Herrmans after a claim of physical abuse was made. He was returned two days later after authorities were unable to substantiate the allegations.
Parents of Missing Adam Herrman Defrauded State

Adoptive brother speaks out

Video Links
Missing boy's uncle blames sister
New search areas for missing boy

If you have information,
(316) 322-4254 or
(316) 322-4398 ext 8
and ask to speak to an investigator regarding the Adam Herrman case.

Sources & Links
Is Adam Herrman Still Alive?
Sheriff: Search for Adam Herrman Continues

Adam Herrman- homeschooled and gone missing for years, parents continued to receive subsidies
Baby Love Child

Extensive coverage on Adam Herrman
What Happened to Adam?

Someday he'll find you ...

It is amazing how often people who are not personally involved with adoption freely give their opinions on the subject. They may not say it out loud; however, they really do consider themselves “knowledgeable.” They quickly become indignant if you even HINT that maybe there is more to adoption than they know.

Hmmmmmmm

In a way I can’t fault them. After all, I guess I was one of those all-wise-about-adoption people. I knew what adoption was, and how wonderful it is, and would emphatically proclaim it as a win/win situation.

And yes, it is all that.

It IS wonderful and it IS a win/win – IF, and I repeat IF
I said it is wonderful IF you are on the RECEIVING END of adoption.

READ MORE....
Someday he'll find you ...

SOLD! ~Nikolas Thurnwald~

A few days ago was the first I'd heard the name, Nikolas Thurnwald. It infuriates me to read about yet another child leagally abducted, only to be sold.
There had to be a reason...I mean, the state wouldn't just allow an agency to take a child for the money, would it?
I started sifting through different articles online here, so I could find the reason that Nikolas deserved to have his parental rights terminated. It didn't take long!

A.E. went into premature labor and had the child early on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2004. Thurnwald learned of the birth an hour after the baby was born. When he tried to visit the mother, she wouldn't see him, court documents said.

Thurnwald contacted a lawyer but was unable to file a paternity petition until Tuesday because the courts were closed Sunday and also Monday for Labor Day.

By Tuesday, the mother had waited the requisite 24 hours and relinquished custody of the child to LDS Family Services for adoption.

At a hearing on the paternity petition, the adoption was placed on hold.
In July 2005, a state district court ruled against Thurnwald because he didn't meet the deadline for filing the paternity petition.
May 9, 2007
Utah justices modify paternity deadline

So the truth comes out! How dare this Dad not file a petition during the holidays, when NO STATE AGENCY would be open!

According to the above article, after becoming pregnant, his girlfriend, A.E. moved out of their home.
Yet, throughout her pregnancy, they continued dating each other, and talked numerous times about the birth of their child.
Anticipating the demands of fatherhood, Dad not only went out to buy the standard supplies for his newcoming bundle of joy, but he also attended most doctor appointments with his girlfriend.

This poor Dad didn't even see it coming! He had NO reason to believe that he needed to file a petition. It's not like these 2 separated on hostile terms. They were still dating! A.E. didn't tell Dad she was considering adoption, before he purchased items for their child, and even included him for intimate doctor appointments. Can we spell d-e-c-e-p-t-i-o-n?

After Nikolas Thurnwald's girlfriend became pregnant and moved out of their home, he continued to date her.
(This is just a scan of first paragraph original newspaper article)
Court: Dad's rights pinched by holiday weekend birth (PDF format)

Justice always prevails though, right? The Utah Supreme Court realized that it's just a bit tricky to file paperwork, when the office is closed, so they decided that unwed fathers are entitled to an extension of the deadline for filing a paternity petition, if the baby is born on a weekend or a holiday.

In a 4-1 decision, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Thurnwald, saying that when a child is born on a weekend or holiday the deadline should be extended to the next business day.

In a dissenting opinion, Associate Chief Justice Michael J. Wilkins said the Legislature had given unmarried fathers a limited but adequate time period to assert their parental rights.

"The period begins at conception and ends at the time the biological mother executes her consent to adoption," he wrote. "Those who elect to father a child without benefit of marriage must take steps to assert their legal relationship with the child, or they risk losing it altogether."

What if it was Dad who wanted nothing to do with this child, and wanted to terminate his responsibility? Would he be excused from paying child support for the next 18 years?
If Dad had won this case, would the mom assume responsibility of child support?
Unfortunately, I'm rather sure I already know the answer to these questions, and the answers disgust me!

Problem solved, right?
The courts realized that this technical glitch didn't make any sense, so they revised it to make things 'fair' and Dad was awarded custody of his son ....



EXCEPT

August 3rd, 2007 @ 6:33am
FARMINGTON, Utah (AP) -- The Utah Supreme Court gave a Utah man the right to challenge the adoption of his son, which he argued was done before he could reasonably file for paternity.

But now the adoption agency says the rights of the nearly 3-year-old child would be violated if the boy was removed from the only home he's known.

Nikolas Thurnwald argued that he and the child's mother made plans to keep the child. But under pressure from her family, the woman gave the child up for adoption shortly after birth.

Thurnwald filed for paternity in 2004 on the first business day after the child was born. But that was after the 24-hour deadline set for unwed fathers because of a weekend and the Labor Day holiday.

After Thurnwald's Supreme Court victory that found the rules were unfair, a motion to dismiss the adoption was filed.

But an attorney for LDS Family Services, which handled the adoption, says the child shouldn't be removed from his adoptive home. The attorney also wants proof Thurnwald is the father and that he paid a reasonable amount of the expenses of the mother's pregnancy and childbirth.
Adoption Agency Against Giving Baby Back to Biological Father

NO! NO! NO! If the agency cared about the rights and well being of this child, they never would have SOLD him to begin with, considering they knew that Dad had intentions of raising HIS SON!
IF Dad had won this case, how many other children would this agency no longer be able to sell?

[[[ But now the adoption agency says the rights of the nearly 3-year-old child would be violated if the boy was removed from the only home he's known. ]]]Who's fault is that? Surely not Dad's!
Since this case was not resolved through the courts, why wasn't there some sort of temporary visitation arrangement in place?
The only thing that concerned this agency was having to refund money from a botched abduction...money earned by selling a baby!
(That's MY opinion, and I'm sticking to it!)

Then I found this gem!

Katherine Wilson
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Father or sperm donor? The front-page story on May 20, "Paternity case," about Nikolas Thurnwald, who wants to gain custody of his three-year-old son, made me want to scream. A quote from Thurnwald, "I don't know his name," tells it all.
How is it in the best interest of his biological child to remove him from the only home he's ever known, from the two people he calls "mommy" and "daddy," and put him in the arms of someone he doesn't know, Mr. Thurnwald?
I would fight to the death to keep my child, whether mine by birth or adoption... (blah blah blah...)
Child is not a puppy to be transferred

And here I am, trying to figure out why men are so bitter towards women ... DUH!
It might be because of insensitive garbage like this!
Nikolas Thurnwald was hardly a sperm donor! He didn't drop his package off at the front door, and drive off!

This Dad wanted involved in his son's life since, 'Honey, I'm pregnant' day!
The drivel continues, as a puppy ~ child comparison is made. This is the only statement I agree with so far...only I have a different perspective.
This baby should have NEVER been sold out, like a puppy from the pound!
I somehow continue reading through the above post, and shuddered as I read
"I would fight to the death to keep my child, whether mine by birth or adoption"
It's heroic for this poster to fight for her child, yet because Nikolas does the same, it is insinuated that he is uncaring, insensitive, scum of the earth??? Which is it, lady? Fight for your child, or give up?

What about the people who knew that this father wanted his son, yet continued on with the purchase? Why haven't I found questions about their integrity? Why aren't they considered selfish? They had a chance to buy a baby, and they took it!
The only interests they were looking out for, was their own! What truth can these people possibly tell this child when he starts asking questions? Or will he live the "We are your parents" lie?
How will he feel, if/when at age 14, he finds out his entire life was a lie? That his Dad does want him, but an agency sold him!
I haven't seen these kinds of questions, anywhere!

After reading the May 28 letter, "Case is all about Thurnwald, not child," I just couldn't take all the negative criticism Nikolas Thurnwald is receiving for trying to get his son back.

People who wrote and trashed him need to pull their heads out and read the May 20 news story again ("Paternity case"). They all think he is just barely trying to get custody of his son after three years, but he's been trying since the day his son was born!
June 3, 2007
Mark Lopez
Criticism against Thurnwald is unjustified

That's kind of what I think, Mark!

Unfortunately, the story of this botched 'abducted to sell' case is not showing in favor of the now-toddler, or for his Father.

By JESSE FRUHWIRTH
Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau

SYRACUSE -- A father's quest to reunite with his son has apparently come to an end -- the Utah Court of Appeals has ruled against the man whose son was placed for adoption against his wishes four years ago.

One judge noted, however, that the law cited to terminate Nikolas Thurnwald's paternity rights is vague, illusory, highly problematic and invites fabrication.

He urged the Legislature to clarify the law.

"... (S)evering an unmarried biological father's parental rights based on such technicalities serves to reinforce traditional notions about gender and childrearing -- i.e., that women are biologically better suited for raising children," Judge James Z. Davis wrote in his concurring opinion released Thursday.

"(Those) notions are antiquated and harmful to both men and women."

Syracuse father loses fight / Court ruling in four-year-old adoption case urges Legislature to clarify law

I pray that there's a way to reverse this perverse decision. I don't see how he would benefit, being raised in a cloak of secrecy and lies! These people who adopted him knows that his Daddy wants him!
How are people with obviously very little compassion, no concern for others, or no basic sense of right and wrong, in the best interest of this little tyke?
But hey, they can comfort each other with the truth. There was a legal glitch, And no matter the consequences, this baby legally belongs to them, because he was bought and paid for!


~A few other links~

Thurnwald v A.E. (PDF formatt)

September 25, 2007
Announcing our NEW Attorney!

The community comment board
has it's share of opinions about this legal abduction.

Adopt Now Hotline~message board

Voice of Utah

CPS!!! GIVE THAT BABY BACK!!!

It is a no-brainer that with increased adoption bonuses & incentives, agencies such as CPS, who has already proven themselves to be less than effective, will only steal more of our children.
I am angry when I find garbage like the following story, as it questions the posts I read from *cough sputter cough* caring, loving CPS workers who claim that they do EVERYTHING they can, to reunify a family, and return children to their homes.

A Paradise father is speaking out for the first time since his wife abandoned their baby boy at a Chico golf course this week. His wife remains under treatment at Butte County Mental Health. But Butte County's Children's Services has yet to return his 9-month-old son. The man, who we will only identify as Joe, says "I will work for the rest of my life to get my son back."
Father Fights to Get His Son Returned

CPS is trying to terminate the fathers rights, due to what mom has done??? Adopting this child is the ONLY solution???

CPS!!!GIVE THAT BABY BACK!!!
And while you are at it, you should REIMBURSE Dad for every red cent(blood money)that you cost him to fight for his parental rights!

Vigil for ~Jaliek Rainwalker~

There will be a vigil from 9:00 p.m. until midnight at Mowry Park in Greenwich. The vigil will be to mark the one year disappearance of Jaliek. We are planning a respectful and peaceful vigil for Jaliek. Please bring lawn chairs and dress warmly.
Motorcade Memorial Procession
There will be a group of us driving to Greenwich. We are meeting Saturday, November 1st at 7:00 p.m. at Latham Farms in the Hannaford parking area. We will have a law enforcement escort and at 8:00 p.m. we will drive by Red Robin Restaurant and follow the route Stephen says he took with Jaliek to Greenwich. In Greenwich we will momentarily pause at 11 Hill Street and then continue to Mowry Park where we will have a respectful, peaceful vigil for Jaliek until midnight.
Contact info at:
Find Jaliek

There is much speculation as to what happened to Jaliek Rainwalker. Some people figure him to be a runaway...while the police have listed his adoptive father (Stephen Kerr) as a 'person of intrest' in Jaliek's disappearance.
Read More...
Searching For Jaliek
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Monday 4 The Missing~ Brenda Szabo

Piecing together a 15 year time frame to locate her mother, Elizabeth Alldridge has managed to locate 3 siblings she never knew existed.

Harry Allen, of San Diego; Joanna Harvey, of Kalamazoo, Michigan; and Debbie Zinmaster, of Three Rivers, Michigan. She combed foster-care and adoption records, examined police records, spent hours on Internet, telephoned people across the country she didn't know. She even sent a blood sample to Texas in hope a DNA match would link her to a dead woman whose body was never claimed.
Americans For Open Records

An online message to Brenda Szabo:
brenda joan allen-szabo
5'2" 120 pds. born 11/19/1949, blonde or brown hair & blue eyes. four children have reuntited and want to see her. especially elizabeth. mom I still remember you and have waited for you all these years.""I LOVE YOU MOMMY!"
City: las vegas
Email: ejay3478@aol.com
Entry #18150 added on May 7, 2005
Cyber Pages International Inc.

Classification: Endangered Missing Adult
Alias / Nickname: Karen Blaha, Brenda Miller
Date of Birth: 1949-11-19
Date Missing: 1983-03-01
From City/State: San Diego, CA
Missing From (Country): USA
Age at Time of Disappearance: 33
Gender: Female
Race: White
Height: 64 inches
Weight: 120 pounds
Hair Color: Lt. Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Complexion: Light

Identifying Characteristics:
Tattoo of a "Harley" motorcycle missing both wheels on left wrist, various other tattoos, previously fractured arm, leg, finger, and back

Circumstances of Disappearance:
Unknown. Brenda was last seen in San Diego County, CA. She indicated to a family member she would be traveling to Texas to visit them but never arrived. Brenda has a medical condition.

Investigative Agency: San Diego Police Department
Phone: (619) 531-2277
Investigative Case #: 05-042586
NCIC #: M-955045485

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Victim of Commercial Surrogacy

A surrogate baby born to an Indian mother could end up with no parents after the Japanese couple who paid for her split up.Her natural and adoptive mothers have said they do not want the 11-day-old baby and her father is barred as a single man by Indian law from adopting her. Read more...
Surrogate Baby Stranded
Legal Limbo (video)

"Conceived in Japan, stuck in Jaipur" read the headline of the largest-selling English daily, The Times of India, saying the baby could become the country's "first surrogate orphan" if the problems were not resolved.

While technical issues and legal complications are discussed by 'legal experts' one tiny person lies in the hospital waiting for a family. What a shame!