Is she a six-year-old orphan or a 'con artist' adult? This week we're diving head first into one of the strangest cases we've ever covered. In 2019, an Indiana couple was charged with neglect after leaving the young girl they adopted in an apartment alone... before moving out of the country. Before the Barnett's fled to Canada, they legally changed Natalia's age from 8 to 22. The couple also claims that Natalia threatened to kill their family, even standing over their beds in the middle of the night. Mallory and Megan covered this case in real time during their stint in local news. Boy do we have OPINIONS!!

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https://www.jconline.com/story/news/2019/09/18/michael-kristine-barnett-daughter-abandon-ukraine-adoption-dwarfism-prodigy/2364895001/

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https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=683195472164403

https://www.jconline.com/story/news/crime/2019/11/04/kristine-barnetts-daughter-included-in-gag-order/4157711002/

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7547259/Birth-mother-Ukrainian-dwarf-denies-claims-adult-sociopath-masquerading-child.html 

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https://deadline.com/2022/08/ellen-pompeo-star-ep-orphan-limited-series-hulu-1235055614/