![True Crime Recaps artwork](https://is4-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts113/v4/d0/8b/7f/d08b7f8f-70cb-b9d5-c73e-bb876e22d643/mza_1931779414078775614.jpg/100x100bb.jpg)
This child might actually be a sociopathic adult
True Crime Recaps
English - October 10, 2019 04:15 - 12 minutes - 10 MB - ★★★★★ - 280 ratingsTrue Crime true crime recaps true crime comedy podcast short crime podcast crime stories comedy murderino ssdgm sarcasm real crime Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This is the most bizarre story you'll hear today. Kristine Barnett, parenting expert and author, and her husband Michael Barnett were parents to Natalia Grace Barnett, their adopted Ukraine daughter who they thought was a child but who may actually be an adult with dwarfism. The Natalia Grace case is being called the real life Orphan. Now, in 2019, years after ditching their adopted daughter, the real life Orphan adoption story is getting even crazier now that charges have been filed. // Prefer watching your true crime stories? Check out True Crime Recaps on YouTube for new stories every week, with a side of snark and sass.
STORY SOURCES: / RESOURCES MENTIONED:
https://www.insider.com/kristine-barnett-ukrainian-girl-adoption-says-it-was-scam-2019-9?fbclid=IwAR0__Pa59RCfPzkbaW6DKwlEUq34mUyqVIxdQ6npKeI5Bw_niwlmSLalZTA
What is Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spondyloepiphyseal_dysplasia_congenita
IMDB Orphan Movie: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1148204/
Elle: https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a29205646/kristine-barnett-natalia-grace-adoption/
Daily Mail: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7479061/Mom-claims-Ukrainian-daughter-9-adopted-really-22-year-old-dwarfism.html
Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/09/17/police-say-she-abandoned-her-adopted-daughter-she-says-girl-was-actually-scamming-adult-sociopath/
Jezebel: https://jezebel.com/the-ukrainian-orphan-who-is-actually-maybe-an-adult-has-1838650546
WILFTV: https://youtu.be/BZtSSnWWl-s