Recent content by turaj

I don't think anyone here is blaming the Towers. What is being talked about is the trial itself and the total lack of background info given to the jury. Also lots of discussion about international adoption of children particularly from Ukraine/Russia and at an older age (ie not infant). Lots to...

you mention moved in with his "brother". Did the Tower's have. more children. If so were they adopted.

LE can't do much if parents tell them to back off. And reportedly at least once that is what they did. The sleeping with locked doors makes me wonder about the parents. I am not blaming the victims here but boy need the complete story.

trying to imagine what my daughter would think if I said I rescued her from xxxx. Sure there is some truth to it but term is usually used for dogs or animals.

that is a poor choice of words "rescued him" rather than welcomed him into their home in Florida.

i think all involved. were living a nightmare.

no clue what happens to them but I personally know parents that had to make the choice after a year or so with the adoptee that it was destroying their life. I do not know how many as adults that go back...probably not many but that must have been how much he hated his life here

since he mentioned drinking the night of we can assume he probably had a pretty good drinking problem to go with his emotional and uncontrolled behavior issues.

you bring up a good point. He may have given the attorney zero cooperation so by the time they reached court he just went thru the motions for a certain guilty verdict and wanted out of there.

those concepts of male dominance are common in many countries including Ukraine, Middle East and sad to say some still think this way right here in USA. When he came for visit he was like a young kid in candy store..coming from orphanage to a nice home in suburban USA. Of course he was on best...

agree with all that is said above..which begs the question is it "ineffective counsel" or were his hands. tied by pretrial motions t o exclude so much?

I suspect his life went "sideways" long before he was adopted and came to US.

depending on his level of function and general decision making ability as an adult I think his return to Ukraine could have been facilitated if that was truly what he wanted. I remember adoptions back in the 90's from Russia and it was not uncommon that the child was returned as life in US and...

22 for. a boy with his background is probably very different than what we expect. Developmental delays are common in adopted children and I don't really know what was going. on in that house but doubt he was in a mental state to go out and get a job. AS I recall dropped out of school.

On the stand he repeatedly mentioned the concept of temporary insanity. Certainly that line of defense must have been explored?