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foreign you're happy I [Music] she looked in my eyes very warmly you're my mama she called you a mama she didn't
from the very beginning my American mama she said foreign ly learned that we were going to
be able to go over to Russia and pick up a little boy and girl of our own it was
just a tremendous event how did the agency describe currently a wonderful outgoing intelligent little
girl loved to be around all ages of children and desperately looking for parents
she was a beautiful child after we returned home we would see her staring off into the distance blankly in
a trance-like state she started to stand over our bed at night 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 someone I didn't
know at all I mean at all our knives were disappearing she had 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 started screaming put him down
Carolee put him down doing chilling she started telling me you know I'm hearing voices
and I'm saying things she says when the voices tell her to do something she has to do it or they'll
hurt her and the voices she said told her to kill him doctor there is no question in your mind
that Carolee is a very troubled little girl no there's no question in my mind about it at all
this child I would consider to be a homicide risk what happened that day out on the deck
you're trying to push him off the deck try to um call Joshua she is a danger to society but
more than that she's a danger to our son we've been here every day loving her nurturing her helping her
we couldn't save her they told me that it last night they love me and everything I tell them I
loved them very much but I didn't know that didn't believe me I did not try to get my brother
you didn't try to kill Joshua you're telling me the truth I just tried to him just pick him up
that's all because he was too heavy crystal said I needed to go get Joshua trying to pick up a child that's really
almost as big as you is kind of hard so I'm trying to walk down the steps just able to hold him so he doesn't fall
Crystal looked and she said put him down Carolee put him down put him down I eventually put him down and she's like
you try to kill him didn't you and I said no I was trying to pick him up so he doesn't fall because he was sliding
off my hands and she's like no you were trying to kill him and she kept saying it and saying it and I said yes
so I just I finally said yes I went to psychiatrist as a psychiatrist and I remember Chris to say just
remember we wanted to kill Joshua I said okay I will tell him

A little girl was adopted by an American couple — only to have her adoption annulled. Whatever happened to this child? Now grown up, she told "48 Hours" her story.

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Brief Summary

A family's adoption of troubled Carolee reveals severe mental health issues and alarming behavior towards her brother.

Key points

Descent into Danger. Carolee's behavior escalates as she attempts to harm her brother.
Voices in Her Head. Carolee reveals she hears voices that compel her to dangerous actions.
A Troubled Child. The doctor confirms Carolee is a serious risk to others, including her brother.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

I mean at all our knives were disappearing.

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