3-year-old Russian boy killed by American adoptive mother in Texas

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http://rt.com/news/russian-child-killed-texas-496/

After being brutally beaten by his American adoptive mother, who gave him psychotropic medication for an extended period of time, a 3-year-old Russian boy named

Maksim

has died in Texas, Russian diplomats have said.


Russia’s Investigative Committee has launched a probe into the death of Maksim Kuzmin at the hands of his adoptive American family.


The boy died before medics, called by his adoptive mother, arrived at the scene. An autopsy showed that he suffered multiple injuries to his head, limb, abdomen and internal organs prior to death.


The investigation revealed that Maksim was beaten by his adoptive mother, who had also fed him strong psychotropic medication. The boy was given Risperdal, an anti-psychotic drug mainly used for short-term treatment of schizophrenia and bilateral disorders and approved for prescription in the US with the starting age of 10.
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this comes 30 days after:
Russia's adoption ban harms kids - CNN.com
Jan 17, 2013 – Children living in orphan institutions need world leaders who would not use them as political pawns, says Laura Jean.
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fr33 said:
Why do they not mention the parents' names??
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Maksim AKA
Max Alan Shatto of Ector County, Texas, who died on Jan 21 was removed from the website of Owens Memorial Funeral Home in Ruston, Lousiana, on Monday. The notice identified his parents as Alan and Laura Shatto.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...g-adopted-Russian-son-in-new-row-with-US.html

Max Alan Shatto, 3, of Gardendale, passed away Monday, January 21, 2013. The family will receive friends from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm, Saturday, January 26, 2013 at Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home & Crematory in Midland. Max was born January 9, 2010 in Pskov, Russia. Survivors include parents, Alan and Laura Shatto of Gardendale; brother, Kristopher Elvin Shatto of Gardendale; maternal grandmother, Peggy Atkins Worley of Ruston, LA; uncles and aunts, John and Betty Carlisle of Bossier City, LA, Sandi and Terry Lawson of Clay, LA, Ken and Dawn Blalock of Ruston, LA, and Doug Worley of Castor, LA; and several nieces, nephews and cousins. Arrangements are under the direction of Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home & Crematory of Midland. Online condolences can be made at: www.npwelch.com
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DALLAS (AP) — Russian authorities have blamed "inhuman treatment" for the death of a 3-year-old boy adopted by an American family, but Texas officials say they are still investigating claims that the child was abused before his death.

Russia's Investigative Committee said Monday that it had questions about the death of an adoptee authorities identified as Maxim Kuzmin. The committee is the country's top investigative agency.
Texas Child Protective Services spokesman Patrick Crimmins confirmed the agency had received a report on Jan. 21 of the death of a 3-year-old named Max Shatto, and that the Ector County Sheriff's Office in West Texas was investigating.
Crimmins said CPS had received allegations of physical abuse and neglect, but had not determined whether those allegations were true. Sgt. Gary Duesler, spokesman for the Ector County Sheriff's Office, said no arrests have been made and authorities are waiting for autopsy results.
An obituary for Max Shatto published Jan. 26 by the Midland Reporter-Telegram says he was born on Jan. 9, 2010, in the town of Pskov, near Russia's western border with Estonia. The boy lived with a family in Gardendale, about 350 miles west of Dallas, before his death on Jan. 21, according to the obituary.
The boy's listed adoptive parents, Alan and Laura Shatto, did not return a phone message Monday.
The death comes weeks after Russia announced it was banning all American adoptions in retaliation for a new U.S. law targeting alleged Russian human-rights violators. The ban also reflects lingering resentment over the 60,000 Russian children adopted by Americans in the past two decades, of which at least 19 have died.
Russian Foreign Ministry official Konstantin Dolgov said in a statement that the boy's death was "yet another case of inhuman treatment of a Russian child adopted by American parents."
Duesler said he could not immediately confirm or deny Russian allegations of abuse. Most U.S. government offices were closed Monday in observance of a federal holiday.
Dolgov also accused the U.S. Department of State of not helping Russian consular officials investigate the death. The State Department declined to comment. Crimmins said the consulate had contacted Child Protective Services.
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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=172339144
 
there are plenty of kids that need adopting in the USA.. wtf are people adopting from russia and china for?... no offense for anyone here who adopted russian/chinese children.
 
alucard13mmfmj said:
there are plenty of kids that need adopting in the USA.. wtf are people adopting from russia and china for?... no offense for anyone here who adopted russian/chinese children.
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I'm just going to guess that government regulations and red tape might be one big reason.


I don't like what Russia has done in cutting off adoptions to the US. When they passed it they mainly based it off one extreme case of abuse and ignored all the happy homes. The US media plays a big role in this. If you watch the media you think we are all crazy violent people. If it bleeds it leads.
 
alucard13mmfmj said:
there are plenty of kids that need adopting in the USA.. wtf are people adopting from russia and china for?... no offense for anyone here who adopted russian/chinese children.
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I don't really understand the trend either. Even Laura Ingraham (fascist talk radio chica) adopted 2. I read several months ago that putin is trying to stop foreign adopters.
 
I am outraged that the poor has being killed :( Maybe Russia has a point. Only the wealthy elite keep adopting It was a little easier in the 80s and early 90s of adopting.
 
Why is this woman giving antipsychotics to a 3 year old? Of course they seem mentally unstable... they are 3 years old.

I agree that I do not see the need to adopt people from outside of the United States. I have heard so many horror stories about foster care system in this country from people who grew up in it. Widespread sexual abuse, molestation, sexual assault and rape. However you want to call it, it happens and it happens a lot from what I am told, and not just in a few isolated families. These kids need real parents, not foster parents who are only in it for the money and the abuse. My apologies if I offended anyone who is a legitimate foster parent.
 
alucard13mmfmj said:
there are plenty of kids that need adopting in the USA.. wtf are people adopting from russia and china for?... no offense for anyone here who adopted russian/chinese children.
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Dollars and effort. Adopting domestic kids is often a $40,000 and 2 year legal task in the US. Different countries offer cheaper/faster imports. China is known for stealing second kids from parents and shipping them out of the country.

But you can't buy babies, that's unethical...
 
heavenlyboy34 said:
I don't really understand the trend either. Even Laura Ingraham (fascist talk radio chica) adopted 2. I read several months ago that putin is trying to stop foreign adopters.
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Give me a frickin' break. Laura Ingraham is NOT fascist. When you throw around terms like that so carelessly, it makes this website look ridiculous.
 
presence said:
Dollars and effort. Adopting domestic kids is often a $40,000 and 2 year legal task in the US. Different countries offer cheaper/faster imports. China is known for stealing second kids from parents and shipping them out of the country.

But you can't buy babies, that's unethical...
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What do you mean? An adoption agency has to pay for all manner of things to offer its service. Unless its a non-profit, there's no way for an agency to get around "selling" the babies.
 
LibertyEagle said:
What "plenty"? Most are being aborted.
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Is that really true? Sounds wrong to me. There are certainly too many, but I'd like to see proof that "most" are aborted. (I'm pro-life in every sense of the term, btw, so don't read anything into my question)
 
heavenlyboy34 said:
Is that really true? Sounds wrong to me. There are certainly too many, but I'd like to see proof that "most" are aborted. (I'm pro-life in every sense of the term, btw, so don't read anything into my question)
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There are plenty of older children, but not babies. At least that is my understanding.
 
A friend of mine wanted to adapt a seven year old girl. The mother is your stereotypical heroin addict who doesn't make all of her visits and has with kids all over CPS. It took over a year and 30,000 to adapt.
 
heavenlyboy34 said:
What do you mean? An adoption agency has to pay for all manner of things to offer its service. Unless its a non-profit, there's no way for an agency to get around "selling" the babies.
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Call it what you will. It costs 40 large to buy a kid. The lawyers, agencies, home study etc. are making a profit.

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&...-om_xq&sig=AHIEtbTZY_ohhAExZhIOLKfJ2V_FWIXflA

What was it you meant about ingraham? Fascist how so? Support for Keystone?
 
presence said:
Call it what you will. It costs 40 large to buy a kid. The lawyers, agencies, home study etc. are making a profit.

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&...-om_xq&sig=AHIEtbTZY_ohhAExZhIOLKfJ2V_FWIXflA

What was it you meant about ingraham? Fascist how so? Support for Keystone?
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First, according to your link, Intercountry Adoptions $15,000 - $30,000, not 40k. Second, are you saying this is bad? If so, why? There's a lot of cost involved in this sort of thing. As I mentioned before, only non-profits can afford to eat that kind of loss. (and I don't think .org's normally have the cash and capital necessary anyway...though I could be mistaken) Third, I withdraw my comment about Ingraham. I hold a grudge against her for several things I won't get into here, and shouldn't have said that. I let my emotions get in the way, sorry.
 
It's just hearsay but everyone tells me if we want to adopt in the US; plan on paying $30k at least.
 
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