How Could You? Hall of Shame-Tennessee Adoptive Parents

This will be an archive of heinous actions by those involved in child welfare, foster care and adoption. We forewarn you that these are deeply disturbing stories that may involve sex abuse, murder, kidnapping and other horrendous actions.

From Memphis, Tennessee, an unnamed 60-year-old adoptive father and his wife have been arrested. The adoptive father is accused of  raping his four adoptive daughters over a 12-year-period of time. His name is being protected to protect the victims. The adoptive mother is accused of preventing the report of the rapes and was in jail on Friday, October 19, 2012.

“The girls now range in age from 16 to 23, but say the abuse started for one of them as early as five.”

“Recently, they broke their silence of being raped and sexually abused for more than 12 years by the man who adopted them. ”

“Even more tragic, their mother walked in and saw how one of them was being sexually abused, but kept silent. She’s now in jail herself for trying to keep one of the girls from reporting the family’s dirty little secret.”

The father has “14 charges that include multiple counts of Rape and Rape of a Child. He is still in jail [as of Firday October 19, 2012) on a $500,000 bond.” There is no report yet of the bond terms of the mother.

Father Accused of Raping Four Adopted Daughters Over 12-Year Period

[WREG 10/19/12 by Daniel Hight]

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