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Woman convicted of killing adopted daughter returned to U.S.

07/20/2005
Associated Press

An El Paso woman who fled to Mexico during the 2000 murder trial but was still convicted in the death of her adopted 21-month-old daughter has been returned to the United States, authorities said.

Mexican authorities returned Martha Yannette Melendez, 29, late Tuesday. She had been held in Ciudad Juarez, across the Rio Grande from El Paso, on a "provisional arrest warrant" since U.S. authorities found her in November....

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Woman finds out she was kidnapped as a child

Woman finds out she was kidnapped as a child
Saturday, February 11, 2006
Updated: 10:45 AM

A young woman, kidnapped more than twenty years ago, is now looking forward to a reunion with her biological mother.

23-year-old Vanessa Atilano, who grew up in Mexico, was told by her adopted father that she was never adopted. In fact, she was kidnapped from her biological mother.

When Vanessa learned the truth, she hopped on a bus and headed north tothe Valley in search of her biological family. They live inPhiladelphia....

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http://www.newschannel5.tv/2006/2/11/6298/Woman-finds-out-she-was-kidnapped-as-a-child