What Happened To The Perfect Child?

48 Hours

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True Crime, News, Tv & Film, Cbs

3.9 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

After a young girl is adopted from Russia, her American parents come to believe she is capable of murder and return her. Years later, "48 Hours" contributor Troy Roberts learns her surprising story.

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0:00.0	On the next Drew Barrymore Show.
0:02.4	It's President Jill Biden.
0:03.9	Mr. President, if Dr. Biden could change one of your habits,
0:07.7	do you know what it would be?
0:08.9	So many.
0:09.9	And a White House holiday tour with Dr. Jill Biden.
0:13.4	On the next Drew.
0:26.4	How old were you when you were a doctor?
0:28.4	I was nine.
0:30.8	And that's what I wanted.
0:33.3	I want to feel loved and I want a family.
0:45.1	I wanted a lot of children.
0:47.9	You see your friends having children and you try and you can't.
0:51.9	It was difficult.
0:53.9	When we finally learned that we were going to be able to go over to Russia
0:56.4	and pick up a little boy and grow all of our own,
0:58.4	it was just a tremendous event.
1:00.1	And we were very excited.
1:02.4	We had seen pictures of the children and they were beautiful.
1:07.9	How did the agency describe Caroline?
1:10.7	A wonderful, outgoing, intelligent little girl
1:14.7	loved to be around all ages of children
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