woman poses as 12 year old piano prodigy

The story has made international headlines as the parents, who are now divorced, face charges of neglect, six years after prosecutors say they abandoned their adoptive daughter in Lafayette, Indiana. The Barnetts, however, said they found Natalia Grace actually was a woman and posed as a child when they adopted her. They changed her age to 22 before moving to Canada in summer 2013 without her. Michael Barnett, however, told police in 2019 that he believed the girl was a child, not an adult, when they left her, according to an affidavit. Prosecutors say that, in June 2010, Kristine and Michael Barnett adopted an 8-year-old girl with dwarfism born in Ukraine.

'They just so happened to come across this person that was not being treated right and cared enough to put in the effort to make sure something was done about it,' she said. It’s like who would do it if you don’t.'Ī family friend told the DailyMail she considered the Mans family to be 'Good Samaritans' who wanted to help an abandoned child.

'We are supposed to help,' Cynthia Mans responds. in jeopardy,' McGraw asks Cynthia and Antwon Mans. 'Were you at all concerned, at the time, that we could be putting the children. Antwon Mans, 36, is ordained as a pastor and lives in a former church parsonage with his wife Cynthia, 39, and children. Natalia Grace now lives with another Indiana couple and their five children, the Mans family, according to the.

Woman poses as 12 year old piano prodigy