John and Katherine Snyder are facing a total of 26 charges for murder, assault and child endangerment

CINCINNATI — Seven years after the death of their child, two parents accused of abusing and murdering the 8-year-old are officially on trial.

John and Katherine Snyder are facing 26 charges combined for murder, aggravated assault and child endangerment.

The two were arrested in upstate New York in September 2022. They are accused of abusing their children, several of whom were adopted from China, and killing one — Adam.

According to the prosecution, all of the Snyder children were malnourished, deprived of medical care and more.

The St. Gallen adoption broker Alice Honegger placed babies from “fallen mothers” abroad – sometimes with the knowledge of the authorities. 

An “illegitimate” child often brought women into great distress in the 1950s and 1960s. They became the focus of the authorities, they were put into homes, institutions and women's prisons and “ administratively cared for ”. At the same time, they were pressured to give their babies up for adoption.

Now research by the Observer shows for the first time what happened to the babies: an unknown number were sold off to childless couples abroad. The controversial adoption broker Alice Honegger was also the puller.

It is known and confirmed by various research studies that the St. Gallen woman fulfilled the desire of Swiss couples to have children for 50 years - using ethically questionable methods. Various research studies prove this. Starting in the 1970s, she brought hundreds of babies from Sri Lanka to Switzerland under illegal circumstances . The entries on the adoption certificates were often fictitious; women in Sri Lanka signed them for money, even though they were not the birth mothers (see “Questionable adoptions are investigated,” below).

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Last month, this gang allegedly kidnapped a two years old girl from Malad, took her to Malwani and later Nashik where they wanted to sell her for Rs two lakh, said a Kurar police station official here

MUMBAI: A gang which allegedly sold babies to needy couples has been busted here with the arrest of six persons from Nashik and Mumbai, police said on Tuesday.

The accused were identified as Irfan Khan (26), Salauddin Sayyed (23), Adil Khan (19), Taukeer Sayyed (26), Raza Sheikh and Samadhan Jagtap.

Last month, this gang allegedly kidnapped a two years old girl from Malad, took her to Malwani and later Nashik where they wanted to sell her for Rs two lakh, said a Kurar police station official here

MUMBAI: A gang which allegedly sold babies to needy couples has been busted here with the arrest of six persons from Nashik and Mumbai, police said on Tuesday.

The Karnataka High Court has directed the trial court to reconsider the petition filed under Section 8 and 9 of the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956, by a member of the Scheduled Caste community residing at Jamakhandi, seeking to adopt a 19 year old. A single judge bench of Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum said adopting a major child was a legally recognised custom in Jamakhandi governed by the Bombay School of Hindu Law

“If petitioners are permanent residents of Jamakhandi, then I am of the view that since there is no dispute that Jamakhandi which was erstwhile princely State and part of Bombay province, the custom of adopting a major child is judicially recognized and therefore, I am of the view that the proof of the said custom is not necessary.”

The petition was filed by Sharada Walagad and Shrishail Shankareppa who had challenged the trial court's order rejecting their application for adoption

The impugned order pertained to a plea filed under Sections 8 and 9 of the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, seeking permission to allow Walagad to act as the guardian of Shankareppa and, consequently, to permit her to adopt Shankareppa. 

The petitioners, in this case, are residents of Jamakhandi, Karnataka. Petitioner no.1 was a retired government employee who claims to have lost her husband and has no biological children. Petitioner no.2 was a distant relative of petitioner no.1 and had lost both his parents during childhood. The petitioners initiated the petition, seeking permission for petitioner No.1 to adopt petitioner No.2. They cited a custom of adopting individuals aged over 15 years

Diplomatic stars like highly visible special envoys apart, practitioners of diplomacy are rarely to be found in the limelight of media attention. Not so for Dmitri Borodin, Minister-Counselor at the Russian Embassy in The Hague.

The Russian diplomat is at the center of a nasty diplomatic row between Russia and the Netherlands. Neighbors called the local police when the diplomat, supposedly excessively drunk, was seen to maltreat his own children. Four police officers rang the Borodins’ doorbell and took the diplomat away for questioning.

From the APEC summit in Bali, Indonesia, president Putin was quick to show his outrage. The same day Netherlands Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans offered a public apology to the Russian Federation.

Was the Russian government right to be so upset, and was it necessary for the Dutch to apologize?

The incident gives evidence of the incompatibility of two different legal worlds, with international law prevailing. Putin was quick to point out that the Dutch had overstepped their mark in what amounted to a breach of international rules on diplomatic immunity.

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Rowan Veltman (18), or better known as 'Mats' in 'Good Times, Bad Times', would like to see an adoption storyline in the soap opera. He said this during a question round on Instagram.

Mats is a new character in the soap opera and makes a big impression as a homeless person in Meerdijk. For example, Shanti has dyed his hair, but he runs away without paying for it. He also does not pay for his meal in the café of the BOKS gym and thus manages to antagonize Rik. Yet both characters have forgiven him when they find out he is homeless. Mats currently even lives at Rik's house.

If it were up to the actor, he would soon be adopted by Shanti, he says during a Question and Answer on Instagram. "I am also adopted in real life, so it would be funny. Because then I would really just be playing my own storyline," says the actor. He believes that the role of Mats is tailor-made for him. “Mats is kind of a less expressive version of what I am.” 

He also hopes for a different storyline: "What I would find very cool to be able to put on screen is men with an eating problem. I have never seen it on TV myself." 

Rowan is no stranger to the TV world. In 2022 he will participate in  Holland's Got Talent  to put both the Frisian language and gender diversity on the map. "Gay, trans, bisexual or pan, it doesn't matter. You have to feel accepted," said Rowan during his audition, which he does in high heels. Thanks to the golden buzzer from jury member Edson da Graça, Rowan is in  the final , which he unfortunately loses to the dance group CDK JR. 

Former CIA agent Tim Ballard's membership of the Mormon church is in doubt after a records search showed he does not appear on the institution's database, fueling suggestions he has been excommunicated, DailyMail.com has learned.

Ballard, whose story was turned into the hit film 'Sound of Freedom' starring Jim Caviezel, has been accused by several women of sexual harassment during his leadership of the anti-trafficking organization Operation Underground Railroad (OUR).

The 47-year-old is alleged to have pushed the women into sharing a bed with him or showering together, telling them it was to convince traffickers they were married.

In response, the Mormon church - of which Ballard is a member - last month released a coded statement condemning 'activity regarded as morally unacceptable', without stating what this activity was.

But it appears the church has now severed ties with the married father-of-nine altogether, with a search of its internal database failing to produce his records.