SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A woman who sent her adoptive grandson back to Russia says her family had intended to love and care for the boy but could not overcome his violent outbursts.
Nancy Hansen told The Associated Press on Friday that the boy's episodes culminated in a threat to burn the family's house to the ground. After that, Hansen says the family put him on a plane to Moscow and paid a man to take him to the Russian education ministry.
Hansen says the boy, whom they named Justin, would spit and scream at his adoptive mother, 33-year-old Torry Hansen.
Hansen says her daughter had been eager to adopt the boy and start a family, but a note sent with the child to Russia said his psychological problems had become too much to handle.