Torry-Ann Hansen didn't want adopted son Artem Saveliev any more.

[Marv]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worl...t-anymore.html

Russia reacted with horror today over the heartbreaking story of a seven-year-old Siberian boy adopted by an American family who was sent back to Moscow alone - because his U.S. mother didn't want him any more.

Little Artem Saveliev was last year taken from a grim orphanage and given a new life in Tennessee last year.

But his adoptive mother Torry-Ann Hansen, a 26-year-old nurse, yesterday put him on a ten-hour flight as an unaccompanied minor with a note 'to whom it may concern' saying: 'I no longer wish to parent this child'.

In his rucksack, she had placed sweets, biscuits and colouring pens for the journey.

She did not tell him she was rejecting him. Instead, she and a grandmother said that he was going on an 'excursion' to Moscow.

In the typed note, which the blond boy was clutching when Moscow police picked him up, she said she wanted the adoption annulled and accused the Vladivostok orphanage of misleading her about the child's behavioural problems.

The Russians angrily denied this, saying he was stubborn but that his only disability was that he was 'flat-footed'.

Officials said they have never witnessed such cruelty to a child after promising a 'new life'.
Unwanted Artem, eight next week, looked confused and bewildered as he was taken into care by Moscow social services.
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It appears the child was also alone when he flew from Tennessee to Washington before boarding the flight to Moscow.
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The official, who said he played with the child and talked to him, said the mother had another son called Logan.

'Artem said he made good friends with Logan,' he said. 'He was talking quite calmly about the family, but when he started to talk about his mother he began to cry, showing how she dragged him by the hair.'
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She claimed he is 'mentally unstable' and that his problems were hidden from her by Russian orphanage officials before she adopted him.

'He is violent and has severe psychopathic issues/behaviour. I was lied to and misled by the Russian orphanage workers and director regarding his mental stability,' she wrote.

'They chose to grossly misrepresent those problems in order to get him out of their orphanage.'
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Having bought a ticket and put the child on the plane, it seems Hansen found a Russian tour guide on the internet who agreed to meet the child at the airport.

This man, called Artur, passed him to the authorities in central Moscow. Hansen agreed to pay Artur $200 for meeting the child, said officials.
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They deny her claims about him having severe behavioural problems and being mentally unstable.

'Artem is normal for his age,' said the official. 'He is a little stubborn child, but this is not a problem for loving parents.
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American psychotherapist Joe Soll told Russian media that the boy's rejection from his adopted family would have a serious impact.

'When you remove a child from a family, no matter what the circumstances are, it's a trauma,' he said.

'We don't look at children who have been adopted as tramuatised, but they are. I don't think people are educated at all to understand what adoption is really about.'

The child's real mother Ekaterina was deprived of her parental rights because she was an alcoholic, officials said yesterday. She gave birth to the child at 19 and cared for him until he was six.

He was adopted by Hansen on 18 September 2009 in Russia and eleven days later she formally changed his name to Artem Justin Hansen.

Astakhov said the boy told him that neither he nor Logan went to school, but played at home in America. The boy spoke of a grandmother who shouted at him.

[Jessiesgirl1108]

This woman is a coward!

[Valasca]

fucking cunt.

[Dakota Valkyrie]

This video raises some interesting issues. How did the kid get on the flights by himself? How come a single mom was allowed to adopt? In many cases, single parents are not allowed to adopt in Russia.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfW2JAreD9k"]YouTube- American adoptive 'mum' abandons Russian boy with 'mentally unstable' note[/ame]

[nopatience]

How awful - someone should tell her that real parents don't give up!

[thequeenofsorrow]

I feel so sad for the boy. He was taken from his mom at age 6 .... now he is abandoned by his new "parent". He needs love and hugs. And help if he needs it. :(

[MadmamainNC]

What a selfish bitch. There were other ways to handle this situation.

I hope next time she extends her home to a child from Russia, she ends up with this one!

[Sister Iroz]

showing how she dragged him by the hair.'

Sounds like she is the violent one and I question her mental stability. BITCH!

[jayjan127]

I hate to imagine how that poor boy must feel....this bitch doesn't need to have any children!

[AngelFire]

What a fucking cruel twat!!!! How could she be so heartless??? She didn't even know who that man was and what intentions he had with the young boy. So many things could have gone wrong.

I hope with every fiber of my being, that this boy get adopted by real parents that don't give up.

showing how she dragged him by the hair

Special, I too think the anger issue lies with good ole fake ass mom!!!

[Dakota Valkyrie]

I'm thinking there is something stinky going on here. How did this whack job even make it through the adoption process in the first place?

She's only had him for about 6 months. That is hardly any time to work on issues he may have. Any thinking person would know there would be issues of some sort. He spent the first 6 years of his life with an unfit mother and then ended up in an orphanage and then a foreign country. "Issues" should not be a surprise.

Her reported treatment of him while she had him speaks of an unbalanced person. Shouldn't that have been caught in the adoption process - especially since there is another child already in the picture?

The way she resolves the situation is beyond bizarre. Loading a kid on a plane and "sending him back"? Other stories we've heard of adoptive parents that wanted to "undo" the adoptions, while sad, at least found civil and productive ways to deal with things.

I have far too many questions about all this. I'm betting that either the story or the adoption was not on the up-n-up.

[62julietandvoid]

Poor boy. He looks so scared :(

[biteme]

Yeah, a lot of BS going around on this one
Wonder what the truth is?
Maybe they're all unbalanced
You can send a child on the airlines as an unaccompanied minor and the airline personnel are very good about watching over them and getting them to their connections

[Undeniable Truth]

Russia is asking for a U.S. adoption freeze.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100409/...ia_adopted_boy

[Pene784]

That sucks. I bet this woman had been in touch with the officials there and they refused to take the child back. He probably does have some very real issues that are very tough to deal with. I still think the woman was a world class jerk though. I think everyone knows abused and neglected children can be and usually are "messed up", so why in the world did she take a child from that background in the first place? I bet she was doing it for the attention.

[Athena]

It's entirely possible that the kid was pretty severely fucked up and the orphanage intentionally hid it to get the boy adopted, but that does NOT excuse this method of resolving the problem.

And now Russia plans to freeze U.S. adoptions? Not only has this dumb twat made America as a whole look bad through her single action, she's doing damage to the countless children that would have had a happily-ever-after to look forward to here in America if a freeze is not placed.

[TwiztidAngel]

look at his little face

i want him! shit im used to 'psychotic' kids...he'll fit in nicely!

[Whisper]

unfuckingbelievable

[Gidget]

Oh my fucking God.

If this idiot had given birth to a child who had later developed "behavioral problems," what would she have done? Try to shove him back up in her vagina where he came from?

[Saffron]

I know several people who would have gladly took him off her hands... bitch.

[Dakota Valkyrie]

A Bedford County woman is under international scrutiny after sending her seven year old adoptive son back to Russia alone.

Torry Hansen is the adoptive mother. She graduated from MTSU with a Masters Degree, she's a registered nurse with Veterans Affairs, and when the adoption agency called to check in in January, she told them everything was fine.

In September of 2009 a camera captured the moment when Torry Hansen took Artem Saveliev as her own son. He was a Siberian orphan; she was an MTSU educated registered nurse, living in Shelbyville.

Seven months have passed, and video of Artem landing alone in Moscow makes it painfully clear that Torry Hansen had a change of heart.

Artem's adopted Grandmother said she's the one who put the child on a plane Thursday from Nashville to Russia and paid a man 200 dollars to take the child to the Russian Education and Science Ministry.
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Back in Tennessee, Russian, National and local television crews descended on Shelbyville hoping for clues in the story that even mystified police.

Bedford County Sheriff's Department Captain Becky Hord said, "As a mother I'd just like to ask her what we're you thinking as a police officer I'm suspicious as to has something occurred and is this why you got rid of this child?"

Police have been trying since yesterday to track Hansen down.

Captain Hord said, "It's as if she's vanished no cooperation from the family to locate her."

Hansen even agreed to meet with Bedford County investigators Friday afternoon, but backed out at the last minute.

Russian reports claim Artem described his adoptive mother as abusive, sparking authorities there to suspend all American adoptions.

Meanwhile, the mystery in Shelbyville continues. Who is Torry Hansen? Where is she now, and why did the picture from seven months ago look so happy compared to the desperate images we woke up to Friday morning?

Bedford County officials want to figure out if abuse actually happened, and if it happened in their county. If so, Hansen could face charges.

Also another big mystery here. The Bedford County School system has no record of Artem, or Hanson's 10 year old biological son Logan ever being enrolled in school or home schooling.

Deputies are trying to figure out if they were schooled in another county.

If not, Hansen could face charges.

The adoption agency that handled this case is based out of Washington State.

Officials there said they were never contacted by the Hansen family about this case, and only learned of it through Russian officials.

http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?S=12286804

[MC30]

ahhh..so they just landed here...i see

[CasperGirl]

I wonder if she expects to get a refund if she had put up some money for the adoption? Grrrrrrrrrrr.

[Sister Iroz]

Authorities in Tennessee and Russia have opened investigations after a Shelbyville woman sent her adopted son on a one-way flight back to Moscow with a note saying he was violent and had severe psychological problems.

The incident has provoked an international uproar, with Russian officials threatening to cut off all adoptions to the United States.

Law enforcement in Bedford County, the state Department of Children's Services and child welfare officials in Russia have opened inquiries into a decision by Torry Hansen, a 32-year-old nurse, to return 7-year-old Artyom Savelyev to his birth country.

The boy's adopted grandmother, Nancy Hansen, said family members feared for their safety.

"He drew a picture of our house burning down, and he'll tell anybody that he's going to burn our house down with us in it," she told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. "It got to be where you feared for your safety. It was terrible."

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called the actions "the last straw" in a string of U.S. adoptions gone wrong, including three in which Russian children died.

No charges have been filed in this most recent case, but the family retained an attorney Friday as inquiries from Tennessee and abroad mounted.

"Initially there appears to be a lot of pressure from external matters involving the adoption," said Trisha Henegar, a Shelbyville attorney who practices family law and criminal defense. "We're hopeful that after our investigation, the family will have a reasonable explanation of what has occurred."

The case has ignited a firestorm in Russia, where officials have become increasingly wary of international adoptions.

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A spokesman for Tennessee Department of Children's Services said the agency has no oversight or involvement in international adoptions, but the family's actions are being investigated for signs of child abuse or neglect. It was unclear Friday whether there were other children in the home.

Bedford County Sheriff Randall Boyce also said Torry Hansen was under investigation, but plans to interview family members Friday afternoon were put off to next week after Henegar asked to speak with them first.

Henegar said Friday afternoon she planned to interview the family this weekend. She said she could not confirm or deny any details of the case until then.

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http://www.tennessean.com/article/20...0351/1001/NEWS

[Dakota Valkyrie]

Torry Hansen was so eager to become a mother that she adopted an older child from a foreign country, two factors that scare off many prospective parents. Her bigger fears came later.

Torry's mother, Nancy Hansen, said the 7-year-old's violent episodes — which culminated in a threat to burn the family's home to the ground — terrified them into a shocking solution: The boy they renamed Justin was put on a plane by himself and sent back to Russia.

Now, outraged officials in that country are calling for a halt to adoptions by Americans, and authorities are investigating the family. However, Nancy Hansen told The Associated Press that the motives of her daughter — a 33-year-old, unmarried nurse — were sincere.

"The intent of my daughter was to have a family and the intent of my whole family was to love that child," she said Friday.
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Hansen chronicled a list of problems: hitting, screaming and spitting at his mother and threatening to kill family members. Hansen said his eruptions were often sparked when he was denied something he wanted, like toys or video games.

"He drew a picture of our house burning down and he'll tell anybody that he's going to burn our house down with us in it," she said. "It got to be where you feared for your safety. It was terrible."

Hansen said she thought that with their love, they could help him. "I was wrong," she said.

Adoption experts say many families are blinded by their desire to adopt and don't always understand what the orphans have sometimes endured — especially older children who may have been neglected or abandoned.

"They're not prepared to appreciate, psychologically, the kinds of conditions these kids have been exposed to and the effect it has had on them," said Joseph LaBarbera, a clinical psychologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville.

Hansen said her daughter sought advice from psychologists but never had her adoptive son meet with one. They chose an English-language home study program, hoping to enroll him in traditional school in the fall. He would play with his cousin, Logan, at the family's property in Shelbyville, where there is a large backyard and a swingset.

In February, Hansen said, the family could take no more. The boy flew into a rage, snatched a 3-pound statue and tried to attack his aunt with it. Hansen said he was apparently upset after his aunt asked him to correct math problems on his school work.
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The family, meanwhile, has rejected the Kremlin's sharp criticism and any notion that the boy was simply abandoned.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has called the boy's return "the last straw" after a string of foreign adoption failures, and officials in Moscow have called for a suspension of all U.S. adoptions in Russia — which totaled about 1,600 last year, according to the nonprofit U.S. advocacy group the National Council For Adoption.

The Russian education ministry immediately suspended the license of the group involved in the adoption — the World Association for Children and Parents, a Renton, Washington-based agency — for the duration of an investigation.

Experts and adoptive parents have reacted with similar shock, though they stress that the vast majority of adopted children are raised in happy, loving homes.

"That incidents like the one today can cause children to remain in orphanages rather than be adopted by loving families is the real tragedy," said Sue Gainor, who adopted a child from Russia in 2001 and is the national chairperson of Families for Russian and Ukranian Adoption.

Bob Tuke, a Nashville attorney and member of American Academy of Adoption Attorneys, said abandonment charges against the family could depend on whether the boy was a U.S. citizen.

It wasn't clear if the adoption had become final but a Tennessee health department spokeswoman said there was no birth certificate issued for the boy, a step that would indicate he had become a U.S. citizen.
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http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...TPKagD9F0D7G00

I guess she only wanted a perfect child. She didn't even seek help for this child. Cunt.

[TwiztidAngel]

Hansen chronicled a list of problems: hitting, screaming and spitting at his mother and threatening to kill family members. Hansen said his eruptions were often sparked when he was denied something he wanted, like toys or video games.

sounds bipolar...im not a doc but that sounds like my 2 oldest and theyre bipolar...bitch couldve gotten him help for this grrrrrr

[Whisper]

the 7-year-old's

The boy they renamed Justin

That right there is disturbing
So what if you dont like the name he has
Maybe that the one thing hes got from his bio parents
Im sure to him Justin sounds as diff to them as his name does to us
He was 7 has had his name all those yrs and they bring him to a diff country he cant speak the language and shove a new name down his throat??
Thats bull!
I understand if your adopting an infant thats small enough to not know the diff
But to adopt a 7 yr old and just say your names this and yet he cant even speak the language??
We didnt even change our damn dogs names b/c they were used to them and they were few months old

[Dakota Valkyrie]

sounds bipolar...im not a doc but that sounds like my 2 oldest and theyre bipolar...bitch couldve gotten him help for this grrrrrr

Probably not bipolar. Kids raised in horrendous conditions often have forms of detachment disorders. It is not unusual to see in kids that have been abused/neglected from a young age. There are tons of articles on this.

Just this past week, a teen boy with an attachment disorder was arrested in Minneapolis area for bringing a gun to school. He was adopted from Russia at age 3. After years of working with him, his parents signed away rights. They had warned the school of his tendencies in 2007. And still the kid managed to be in a position to bring a gun to school. Not all of these kids can be "saved" from the horrors that were inflicted on them.

I don't know if Torry Hansen even TRIED to deal with it. Sounds like she washed her hands and took the easy way out.

[TwiztidAngel]

very true too, DV...his birth mother was unfit...very well could be...but still if she couldve gotten him help, he is young enough, with proper love and guidance he couldve been saved hopefully NOW he will get the help and support he needs

[Silvahalo]

Adoption experts say many families are blinded by their desire to adopt and don't always understand what the orphans have sometimes endured — especially older children who may have been neglected or abandoned.

"They're not prepared to appreciate, psychologically, the kinds of conditions these kids have been exposed to and the effect it has had on them," said Joseph LaBarbera, a clinical psychologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville.

I agree completely. When adopting a child, especially one that is older, you gotta know even with minimal abuse/neglect they've endured, there WILL be issues. I do agree that if disclosures on the child's mental/emotional state were not fully disclosed, that's a problem and the adoptive family has a right to be upset. AND if the child is displaying extreme psychological problems he needs help.

That said, I am embarrassed that this woman decided to handle problems in such a way that completely devalues this child and put him in harms way by sending him off to travel alone. Does she think she adopted an animal and can send him packing with a note attached and all is good and done? People who choose to adopt should keep in mind it makes you a parent and with that, responsible for that child like any other parent. It's not a fashion statement or a way to boost one's ego, this is a child we are talking about and his very well being. Deplorable, really sad what this woman did, but I do think Russia should reconsider the freezing on adoptions by American folks If they were taking care of their own to begin with far less need there would be for these children to be adopted out. I would venture to say far more good has come from American's adopting children than harm. Now, I'm not saying one child shafted is acceptable 'cause I don't look at statistics that way, just saying Russia AND America could come together and work threw the problems instead of ending the possibility of a child finding a good life in the states.

Little Justin looks scared and if his only problem is that he's strong willed/stubborn, good for him. He'll need it to survive in this crazy world. I hope he is placed in a loving home and given help for any issues he may have. They should tell him the family wasn't good enough for him, not the other way around.