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[Music] how old were you when you were adopted i was nine and that's what i wanted
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i want to feel loved and i want a family [Music] i wanted a lot of children you see your friends having children and
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you try and you can't it was difficult when we finally learned that we were going to be able to go over to russia
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and pick up a little boy and girl of our own it was just a tremendous event and we were very excited
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we had seen pictures of the children and they were beautiful [Music] how did the agency describe currently
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a wonderful outgoing intelligent little girl loved to be around all ages of children and desperately looking for
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parents was that an accurate description no it was not no [Music] after we returned home we would see her
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staring off into the distance blankly in a trance-like state she started to stand
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over our bed at night wake up and she'd be right over my face there was a coldness in her and an anger
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and just a distance she became someone i didn't know at all i mean at all [Music]
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carolie began stealing everything in the house she stole all my jewelry our knives were disappearing she would do
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things like putting a kitten in the middle of a pack of dogs cruel type behavior and then she snapped
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and tried to kill joshua she had him in her hands and was going to throw him over the deck she had him yes
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yes over the side here yes and i just started screaming put him down caroly put him down what are you doing i'm
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gonna kill him i called the psychiatrist what am i gonna do you know what what do we do
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she's becoming violent doctor there is no question in your mind that carolee is a very troubled little girl no there's
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no question in my mind about it at all this child i would consider to be a homicide risk
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she's been on all kinds of medication and none of it has worked we've had cameras installed and we've
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had alarms installed on her doors you know i don't know what the solution is what am i going to do
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i'm gonna get you the best help we can okay i love him and daddy just understand it i've
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done many stories during the course of my career but this was one that that really stuck with me you want to
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rescind the adoption we feel like we tried everything it hit me in my heart so you plan on
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taking caroly back to russia yes yes i felt helpless leaving her behind i didn't know what would become of her
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[Music] you're a strong girl strong girl you're gonna be fine okay don't cry [Music]
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you