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The Straight Story

(48,121 posts)
Mon Sep 9, 2013, 02:58 PM Sep 2013

"Re-Homed" Adopted Girl: I Had to Dig My Own Grave

An investigation by Reuters in partnership with NBC News has uncovered an underground world of "re-homing" where parents give away their unwanted children to strangers, sometimes after placing ads online. "Re-homing" is a term typically used by owners seeking to get rid of pets, and posts on online bulletin boards for both practices look strikingly similar. “Born in October of 2000 - this handsome boy, ‘Rick’ was placed from India a year ago and is obedient and eager to please,” one ad for a child read.

The practice has little governmental oversight.

Tennessee woman Nora Gateley told NBC News that she was given away to new parents at age 14 and lived in a "nightmarish" rural home in with 17 other kids. “’Get out and go dig your own grave,” Gateley, now 26, said her new mother told her. “’I don’t care if you die. Nobody will find you. You were not even here in the first place.”

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/national-international/222942481.html?_osource=SocialFlowTwt_LABrand

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"Re-Homed" Adopted Girl: I Had to Dig My Own Grave (Original Post) The Straight Story Sep 2013 OP
Truly disgusting what humans can do to one another, especially to children benld74 Sep 2013 #1
plus 1000 Liberal_in_LA Sep 2013 #5
That is horrible gopiscrap Sep 2013 #2
Wow, how despicable! I had no idea freeplessinseattle Sep 2013 #3
Horrifying! GreenPartyVoter Sep 2013 #4

gopiscrap

(23,674 posts)
2. That is horrible
Mon Sep 9, 2013, 03:15 PM
Sep 2013

I hope those four parents that did that get some serious jail time. I was a foster child in a great foster home and I remember how scary even that was when I first got there. I entered at 15.

freeplessinseattle

(3,508 posts)
3. Wow, how despicable! I had no idea
Mon Sep 9, 2013, 10:07 PM
Sep 2013

why isn't this out there more! Hope it gets more exposure soon. Even got lost in the fray on DU!

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