List of deceased children adopted from Russia in the United States

International adoption in Russia began to be practiced in 1991. On January 1, 2013, Federal Law No. 272 entered into force, which, in particular, prohibited the adoption of Russian children by citizens of the United States. During this time, between 45,000 and 60,000 children from Russia were adopted in the US; , twenty cases of death as a result of violence or accident were known:

List NameAdoptedDiedAccused and outcomeDavid Polreis, Jr. ()August, 1996 (2 years old)mother: 18 yearLogan Higginbotham ()May, 1995 (3 years old)mother: 1 yearViktor Alexander Matthey ()January, 2000 (7 years old)mother: 10 year; father: 10 yearLuke Evans ()May, 2001(16 months old)mother: acquittedJacob LindorffNovember, 2001 (5 years old)mother: 6 year; father: 4 yearZachary Higier ()December, 2001 (2 years old)mother: 2.5 yearAnatoliy Kolenda (11 years old)(the father killed the children, his wife, and shot himself)Yana Kolenda (11 years old)(the father killed the children, his wife, and shot himself)Maria Anastasia Bennett ()January, 2002 (2 years old)mother: 3 yearJessica Albina HagmannDecember, 2002 (2 years old)mother: 5 years probationLiam Thompson () (3 years old)mother: 14 year; father: 15 yearAlex Pavlis ()November, 2003 (6 years old)mother: 12 yearDennis Gene Merryman ()January, 2000 (8 years old)mother: 22 year, father: 22 yearNina Hilt ()January, 2004 (2.5 years old)mother: 25 yearIsaac Jonathan Dykstra ()father: acquittedNicolai Emelyantsev (1 years old)mother: 1-15 yearChase Harrison () (1,5 years old)father: acquittedNathaniel Michael Craver ()September, 2003 (7 years old)father: 16 months, mother: 16 monthsJackson David Attuso () (8 years old)life imprisonment (murdered by a stranger) () (3 years old)no charges filed (accidental death)Ector County D.A. Says Death Accidental, No Charges For Parents // «CBS 7», 18 March 2013

See also Child abuse Dima Yakovlev Law

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