Adopted Russian Child Tortured by Foster Mother to Remain in U.S.
Created: 25.06.2006 16:45 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 16:45 MSK, 4 hours 32
minutes ago
MosNews
The adopted 4-year-old Russian child who was beaten by a U.S. woman will
stay in the area and be adopted by a new family.
The child, whose name and picture is being withheld by the newspaper, is
a United States resident and will not return to Russia, The Evening
Tribune reports.
“I saw him about three weeks ago, and I have had contact with the foster
parents and others who have contact with him, and he is doing very
well,” said the child’s legal counsel, Thomas Fuoco of Angelica. “Yes,
he will still be around here. I don’t foresee any difficulties in this
family adopting him, and the three of them make a wonderful family.”
On Tuesday, Allegany County Court Judge Thomas Brown sentenced Jane
Cochran, 44 to 120 days in jail, 90 days on electronic home monitoring,
five years of probation and to serve 100 hours of community service. Her
husband, Timothy Cochran, 49, will spend 60 days in jail and will be on
probation for three years....
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