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[Music] how old were you when you were adopted I was nine and that's what I wanted I want to feel loved and I want a
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[Music] family I wanted a lot of children you see your friends having children and you try and you can't it
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was difficult when we finally learned that we were going to be able to go over to Russia and pick up a little boy and
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girl of our own it was just a tremendous event and we were very excited we had seen pictures of the
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children and they were beautiful how did the agency describe Caroline a wonderful outgoing
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intelligent little girl love to be around all ages of children and desperately looking for parents
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was that an accurate description no it was not [Music] no after we returned home we would see
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her staring off into the distance blankly in a trans-like state she started to stand over our bed at night
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I'd wake up and she'd be right over my face there was a coldness in her and an anger and just a distance she became
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someone I didn't know at all I mean at all [Music] carolly began stealing everything in the
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house she stole all my jewelry our knives were disappearing she would do things like putting a kitten in the
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middle of a pack of dogs cruel type behavior and then she snapped and tried to kill Joshua she had
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him in her hands and was going to throw him over the deck she had him yes yes over the side here yes and I just
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started screaming put him down carolly put him down what are you doing I'm going to kill
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him I called the psychiatrist what am I going to do you know what what do we do she's becoming violent doctor there is
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no question in your mind that Carol is a very troubled little girl no there's no
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question in my mind about it at all this child I would consider to be a homicide
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risk she has 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
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do we going to get you the best help we can okay I know try to get my brother I love
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him I'm dad just understand it I've done many stories during the course of my career but this was one
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that that really stuck with me you want to resend the adoption we feel like we tried
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everything it hit me in my heart so you plan on taking carolly back to Russia yes
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yes I felt helpless leaving her behind I didn't know what would become of [Music]
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her you're a strong girl a strong girl you're going to be fine okay don't cry [Music]