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The Big Bad Wolf.
Just when you think nothing can shock you? Something does..
It's just amazing how this fell through the cracks.
An American couple allegedly turned over custody of their adopted Liberian daughter to unfit parents, according to an investigative report on an underground adoption network for unwanted children that operates via online groups.
Todd and Melissa Puchalla of Wisconsin struggled for two years to raise Quita, a troubled teenager they had adopted from the West African nation. However, after failing to cope with Quitas health and behavioral disorders, they posted an advertisement for her adoption online.
Within weeks, the couple had packed Quita into their car and made the six-hour drive from their home to Westville, Illinois, where on October 4, 2008 - the young girl would meet her new family.
Quitas case and others like it are the subject of a new report from Reuters, which chronicles the growing world of underground adoptions, or re-homing. Parents who regret adopting their children simply post an ad for the child on the internet and grant custody to new parents, all without the necessary safety oversight or background checks provided by government agents.
Underground adoption network lets new parents 're-home' children online ? RT USA
It's just amazing how this fell through the cracks.