This is a complex and controversial story involving the adoption of a girl named Natalia, whose age and psychological state were in question. The adoptive parents initially believed Natalia was a child, but due to various signs, including medical reports, they began to suspect she was an adult sociopath. The story involves legal battles and accusations of child abandonment.
The court has not yet determined Natalia's true age or her mental condition definitively. The adoptive parents were arrested on charges related to abandoning a person with a disability, and they could face up to five years in prison if found guilty.
Opinions on this story vary, with some believing Natalia is a child with health problems, while others think she may indeed be an adult with psychological issues. Regardless, abandoning her was seen as a mistake by many.
1. An American couple, Christine and Michael, adopted a Ukrainian girl named Natália Grace who was only six years old in 2010.
2. The adoption process occurred very quickly, happening within just 24 hours.
3. Despite the quick adoption, Christine started to suspect that something was wrong with Natália.
4. Natália, who had already started to show signs of puberty and was using sophisticated vocabulary, started to make macabre drawings and threaten the family.
5. After discovering strange behaviors and physical signs of aging, Christine took Natália to a doctor for tests.
6. The tests revealed that Natália had the bone structure of a 14-year-old teenager, but she was only just over six years old at the time.
7. Natália was also discovered to have a serious psychological illness, a disease typically found only in adults.
8. After the tests, Christine and her husband asked for Natália's date of birth to be changed, revealing her true age of 22.
9. The couple then moved to Canada in 2013, leaving Natália behind in their house.
10. In 2014, when the rent contract expired, Natália had to leave the apartment because no one else was paying the rent.
11. Natália was then found by the daughter of the Mendes family, who had taken her in after she was evicted.
12. The Mendes family then asked for custody of Natália, but the Berti family, who had first adopted her, presented a document showing that Natália was of legal age and could not be adopted.
13. The court has not yet decided whether Natália is of legal age and whether she suffers from psychiatric problems.
14. The couple who adopted Natália were arrested and are now awaiting trial for abandoning a child.