This couple says their adopted daughter was actually a violent adult posing as a child.
The Barnetts say they adopted Natalia, who has a form of dwarfism known as spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia, from an adoption center in Florida in 2010. She had a Ukrainian birth certificate that listed her date of birth as September 4, 2003. She had allegedly been in the U.S. for two years, and her previous adoptive family had given her up for “undisclosed reasons.” that when she first bathed her, she found that Natalia had “full pubic hair.
"She had periods. She had adult teeth,” said Barnett, who alleges that after Natalia began acting out violently — attacking a baby boy, pushing Kristine into an electric fence, and making death threats — the family sought out psychiatric help. Healthcare officials, including the Barnetts' primary care physician who performed a bone density test, and a clinical therapist who treated Natalia, believed her to be an adult impersonating a child.
In 2012, a judge approved the Barnetts' application to have Natalia’s date of birth officially revised to September 4th 1989 – officially changing her age from eight to 22. Shortly after, they rented Natalia an apartment and placed her under the supervision of an Indiana state healthcare provider so she could receive psychiatric treatment as an adult.
Despite the new tests commissioned by that couple, the court upheld the original results which maintained that Natalia was an adult. The couple later dropped their guardianship petition. Tippecanoe Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Terry Ruley isn’t sure why the charges, first filed in 2014, are being pursued now. “There’s some unique oddities to the case,” he told Refinery29, adding that news outlets from all across the country had been in touch with his office about the case.
The Barnetts are scheduled to appear in court in October. They maintain that Natalia was an adult and that they were acting in her best interest. Yes! This case sounds very similar to the story of Frederic Bourdin, the French man who pretended to be a missing 16-year-old boy from America. His story was told in the
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