Nicolai Emelyantsev


14-month-old Nikolai, who was adopted in February by Fyodor and Kimberly Emelyantsev— died March 7 at Primary Children's Medical Center. An autopsy determined the child had died from a skull fracture that doctors said was the result of blunt-force trauma, police and court records show. The infant also had a bruised face, head, knee and anus.

Date: 2008-03-07
Type of abuse: Lethal physical abuse
Abuser: Adoptive mother
Placement agency: About A Child/Reece's Rainbow
Location: tooele, UT, US

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