Mother’s are promised a “better life” for their children given up for adoption. Why then do so many adoptees end up abused and murdered? This page represents a small fraction of adoptees murdered in their adoptive families, usually by their adoptive parents. I didn’t add numerous cases because the cause of death was inconclusive although abuse was strongly suspected. This page contains 141 names.
Please be aware that many of these links contain graphic details of abuse and murder.
Dennis Craig Jurgens (Dennis Craig Puckett) Dec 6, 1961 – Apr 11, 1965
James W. Bader 1971 – Aug 1974
William G. Rohrer III “Billy” (Miguelito Alvarada) about 1973 – May 28, 1975
Danielle Christine Neal 1975 – Aug 30, 1976
Hildred Thomas Gasaway 1979 – Sept 1, 1979
Carlos Beltran about 1980 – Dec 14, 1984
Corey Greer 1986 – July 21, 1986
Dominick (Andrew) J. Diehl July 28, 1973 – Oct 29, 1986
Lisa Steinberg (Elizabeth “Lisa” Launders) May 14, 1981 – Nov 4, 1987
Heather Allison Riggs May 20, 1983 – May 16, 1988
Gladys Campbell about 1986 – June 9, 1988
Kayla Erlandson about 1989 – Apr 1, 1991
Helen Louise Gillin about 1967 – July 1992
Hannah Carroll about 1986 – Sept 21, 1992
Noah Carroll about 1989 – Nov 15, 1992
Mary Carroll about 1989 – Dec 1992
Josiah Carroll about 1981 – June 14, 1993
Kyle Golebieski anout 1990 – Jul 30, 1993
Kameron Lee Bright (Moghaghab) Feb 14, 1991 – Apr 5, 1994
Holly O’Connor Cooke about Dec 19 1978 – Sept 27, 1994
Nicole O’Connor Cooke about 1980 – Sept 27, 1994
Lucas Nathaniel Ciambrone (Pedro Garcia) Dec 21, 1987 – May 13, 1995
Krystal Ann Tibbets anout 1992 – Jul 7, 1995
Danielle Tucker (Dornan) about 1992 – Dec 8, 1995
David Alexander Polreis Jr. (Konstantin Shlepin) Apr 1993 – Feb 9, 1996
Crosby Justin White about 1994- Jul 16, 1996
Cory Bradley McLauchlin about 1993 – Jul 4, 1997
Christine Montalbano about 1994 – Oct 18, 1997
Logan Higgenbotham (Anne Pochetnoy) about 1995 – Nov 25, 1998
Dominiqua Bryant about 1997 – May 29, 1999
Breianna Melendez about 1997 – Oct 5, 1999
Adam Joseph Herrman (Irvin Groeninger) June 8, 1987 – 1999
John Smith – 1995 – Dec 24, 1999
Timothy Boss about 1999 – Feb 23, 2000
Joseph Jose Beebe July 7, 1991 – Mar 17, 2000
Candace Elizabeth Newmaker (Candace Tiara Elmore) Nov 19, 1989 – Apr 18, 2000
Grace Lee Bogey (Gracielo Cano) about 1997 – Sept 2, 2000
Chelsea Mensinger about 1989 – Sept 15, 2000
Alex Charles Boucher about 1997 – Sept 25, 2000
David Briggs (David Filipache) about Aug 1999 – Oct 2000
Viktor Matthey (Viktor Sergievich Tulimov) Sept 17, 1993 – Oct 31, 2000
Camryn Morgan Aug 8, 2000 – Dec 18, 2000
Luke Evans (Sergei Nakonechny) about 2000 – Nov 30, 2001
Jacob Lindorff about 1996 – Dec 14, 2001
Austin Eugene Bryant (originally Hider) about 1996 – unknown
Edward Dylan Bryant (originally Hider) about 1992 – unknown
Alexis Keintz Jan 27, 2001 – Feb 17, 2001
Anthony Otis Bars Jan 1, 1998 – Jan 18, 2002
Cassandra Killpack (Autumn Blackwell) Nov 29, 1997 – June 10, 2002
Esther Scudder about Aug 2000 – June 14, 2002
Gustavo Adolpho Hunt about Sept 2003 – March 19, 2004
Zachary Higier (Nikita Khoryakovont) May 24, 2000 – Aug 15, 2002
Yana Kolenda Dec. 31, 1990 – Oct 20, 2002
Anatoli Kolenda May 20, 1991 – Oct. 20, 2002
Maria Anastasia Bennett (Anastasia Plotnikova) Nov 22, 1999 – Oct 23, 2002
Christopher Forder about 1992 – Nov 24, 2002
Brian Edgar about 1993 – Dec 29, 2002
Kehaulani Niu Sullivan about 1999 – Feb 21, 2003
Jessica Albina Hagmann about 2001 – Aug 8, 2003
Liam Dmitry Thompson (Dmitry Sergevich Ishlankulov) Oct 16, 2000 – Oct 16, 2003
Ellana Lin about 2001 – Nov 2, 2003
Alex Pavlis (Alexei Vasilovich Geiko) about 1997 – Dec 19, 2003
Brittany Amanda Legler (originally Pollard) Mar 15, 1989 – May 9, 2004
Dreydon Anthony Archuleta (originally Deleon) Apr 12, 2004 – Sep 29, 2004
Charles Thomas McEntire III (Brandon Berry) about 2003 – Nov 22, 2004
Dennis Gene Merryman (Denis Uritsky) Apr 24, 1996 – Jan 22, 2005
Ricky Holland (originally Gann) about 1998 – July 1, 2005
Nina Viktoria Hilt (Viktoria Bazhenova) Oct 11, 2002 – July 2, 2005
Isaac Jonathan Dykstra (Ilya Karguntsev) Nov 18, 2003 – Aug 14, 2005
Emma Mei Alvey (Mei Fu Ping) about Jan 2004 – Oct 24, 2005
Freddi Berquist (Eric Illesov) about 2002- Jan 8, 2006
Ahmad Mashon King (originally Rawls) about 2003 – Jan 24, 2006
Sean Paddock about 2002 – Feb 26, 2006
Jarod Hulsey (Jerry Gribbens) June 24 1995 – April 3, 2006
Andrew Axel Burd about 2002 – Oct 2, 2006
Erika Antoinette Hill about 1992 – Feb 2007
Jennifer Pinder 2004 – Feb 25, 2007
Chrystal Ramirez about 1999 – Aug 23, 2007
Jackson Wingo – 2006 – Sept 2, 2007
Chaeli Kyrie (Hei Min Chung) 2006 – Sept 4, 2007
Angel Martin Oct 3, 1993 – Nov 13, 2007
Calista Springer about 1991 – Feb 27, 2008
Nicoli Emelyantsev 2007 – Mar 7, 2008
Ethan Sueppel Nov 2, 1997 – Mar 23, 2008
Seth Sueppel Jul 1, 1999 – Mar 23, 2008
Mira Sueppel Mar 25, 2002 – Mar 23, 2008
Eleanor Sueppel Oct 31, 2004 – Mar 23, 2008
Enna Isabel Barreto Apr 21 2006 – May 19, 2008
Chase Harrison (Dmitri Alexandrivich Yakolev) 2006 – July 8, 2008
Chan Yin-tung (Fu Najuan) 2007 – Oct 18, 2008
Samuel Hudson about 1995 – Dec 3, 2008
Faith J. Ray (Samantha Foster) Jul 3, 2006 – Dec 8, 2008
Alexis “Lexie” Glover Feb 26, 1995 – Jan 7, 2009
Joshua Pinckney Sep 2006 – Feb 13, 2009
Kevin Michael King (D.J. Atkins) about 2005 – Mar 9, 2009
Justin Steven Pribbernow (Justin McBride) Sep 6, 1991 – Aug 4, 2009
Nathaniel Michael Craver (Ivan “Vanya” Skorobogatov) Feb 4, 2002 – Aug 25, 2009
Colin David Jones about 2003 – Dec 28, 2009
Lydia Schatz about Mar 15, 2002 – Feb. 6, 2010
Collin Parker William Holdgrafer Dec 30, 2005 – June 12, 2010
Joy J. Yi about 1995 – June 14, 2010
Kairissa XingJing Mark about 2006 – Jul 1, 2010
Amy Rayne Dye (Amythz Rayne Lewis) June 12, 2001 – Feb 4, 2011
Nubia Barahona (originally Docter) May 26, 2000 – Feb 11, 2011
Hana Grace-Rose Williams (Hana Alemu) June 19, 1997 – May 12, 2011
Andrew Arthur Butler about 1998 – June 18, 2011
Erica Lynn Parsons Feb 24, 1998 – about Dec, 2011
Joseph Maoping Adama Oct 16, 2006 – Dec 3, 2011
Alexis Nicole Long June 30, 2010 – Jan 31, 2012
Terrilynn Destiny Dennis about 2006 – April 4, 2013
Benjamin Yhip about 2010 – April 19, 2012
Max Alan Shatto (Maksim Kuzmin) Jan 9, 2010 – Jan 21, 2013
Asunta Fong Yang Basterra Porto Oct 2000 – Sept 22, 2013
Colin David Jones about 2007 – Dec 25, 2013
Hynusu O’Callaghan (Hyun-Su Kim) May 17, 2010 – Feb 3, 2014
Hannah Hoag about 2012 – Mar 24, 2014
Seth Johnson about 2008 – Mar 30, 2015
Courtney Lilitz Apr 1987 – Jun 5, 2015
Mieya Deysi Daniel about 2003 – Sept 19, 2015
Shaun Tara about 2009 – late 2015
Delylah Tara about 2012 – late 2015
Unnamed boy about 2004 – Jan 8, 2016
Elsie Scully-Hicks (Shayla O’Brien) Nov 2014 – May 29, 2016
Grace Anastasia Packer (originally Susan Hunsicker) Aug 14, 2001 – July 9, 2016
Natalie Jasmine Finn about 2000 – Oct 24, 2016
Maliyha Hope Garcia Nov 20 2011 – Dec 21, 2016
Jeffrey R. Franklin about 2001 – Feb 28, 2017
Sabrina Ray (originally Busch) 2001 – May 12 2017
Ana Loera (Charisma Marquez) About 2006 – July 2017
Sherin (Saraswati) Susan Mathews 2014 – Oct 7, 2017
Dericka Lindsay about 2008 – Oct 14, 2017
Markis Hart about 1999 – around March 26, 2018
Hannah Hart about 2002 – around March 26, 2018
Devonte Hart (originally Davis) about 2003 – around March 26, 2018
Jeremiah Hart (originally Davis) about 2004 – around March 26, 2018
Abigail Hart about 2004 – around March 26, 2018
Sierra Hart (originally Ciera Davis) about 2006 – around March 26, 2018
Bo Li Collier about 2004 – Oct 16, 2018
Meigan Lin Collier about 2004 – Oct 16, 2018
Lia Lin Collier about 2003 – Oct 16, 2018
Kaileigh Lin Collier about 2001 – Oct. 16, 2018
Zah-Nae Rothgeb 2009 – Jan 3 2019
If you know of any adoptees to be added to this list, please email adopteememorial@yandex.com You can find a list of some of the children murdered in foster care at https://m.facebook.com/MothersOfLossToAdoption/posts/1107169519357654 or http://www.fathersunite.org/New/children_who_died_after_social_services_removal.htm (this page appears blank but isn’t, you’ll need to use your mouse to highlight the text to read it)
Much thanks to the work of Pound Pup Legacy.
