Peter McDonald

They were so excited that days ahead of time, they laid out everything they wanted to take to Detroit. What are you packing for this trip? golf clubs. Did you really?

They were so excited that days ahead of time, they laid out everything they wanted to take to Detroit. What are you packing for this trip? golf clubs. Did you really?

They were so excited that days ahead of time, they laid out everything they wanted to take to Detroit. What are you packing for this trip? golf clubs. Did you really?

Friday, October 19, 2018. It was the Matheny's last night in Atlanta, before sleepless nights and bottles of breast milk. To celebrate, they went out for a big Italian dinner with Mike's mom. Then, driving home, as Mike said, everything flipped upside down. Teresa was in the back seat when she got a strange email from an adoption company they'd worked with. She didn't think anything of it.

Friday, October 19, 2018. It was the Matheny's last night in Atlanta, before sleepless nights and bottles of breast milk. To celebrate, they went out for a big Italian dinner with Mike's mom. Then, driving home, as Mike said, everything flipped upside down. Teresa was in the back seat when she got a strange email from an adoption company they'd worked with. She didn't think anything of it.

Friday, October 19, 2018. It was the Matheny's last night in Atlanta, before sleepless nights and bottles of breast milk. To celebrate, they went out for a big Italian dinner with Mike's mom. Then, driving home, as Mike said, everything flipped upside down. Teresa was in the back seat when she got a strange email from an adoption company they'd worked with. She didn't think anything of it.

But when she read it aloud to Mike, he said it made the hair on the back of his neck stand up. He knew something was off. Ever since they'd first connected with Tara Lee, Mike had been suppressing his true feelings about her.

But when she read it aloud to Mike, he said it made the hair on the back of his neck stand up. He knew something was off. Ever since they'd first connected with Tara Lee, Mike had been suppressing his true feelings about her.

But when she read it aloud to Mike, he said it made the hair on the back of his neck stand up. He knew something was off. Ever since they'd first connected with Tara Lee, Mike had been suppressing his true feelings about her.

Teresa hurried down to the basement where the nursery was, exchanged some alarming text messages, and then called adoption attorney Tanya Corrado in Detroit.

Teresa hurried down to the basement where the nursery was, exchanged some alarming text messages, and then called adoption attorney Tanya Corrado in Detroit.

Teresa hurried down to the basement where the nursery was, exchanged some alarming text messages, and then called adoption attorney Tanya Corrado in Detroit.

Mike ran downstairs and found Teresa on her knees, sobbing.

Mike ran downstairs and found Teresa on her knees, sobbing.

Mike ran downstairs and found Teresa on her knees, sobbing.

When morning came, the Mathinis packed their car with everything their baby could possibly need, plus golf clubs, and took the 75 North to Detroit, hoping beyond hope that whatever Tara Lee did, Stephanie was who she said she was, and baby S would become their son. It was somewhere around Cincinnati, Ohio, at 70 miles per hour, that Teresa suddenly panicked.

When morning came, the Mathinis packed their car with everything their baby could possibly need, plus golf clubs, and took the 75 North to Detroit, hoping beyond hope that whatever Tara Lee did, Stephanie was who she said she was, and baby S would become their son. It was somewhere around Cincinnati, Ohio, at 70 miles per hour, that Teresa suddenly panicked.

When morning came, the Mathinis packed their car with everything their baby could possibly need, plus golf clubs, and took the 75 North to Detroit, hoping beyond hope that whatever Tara Lee did, Stephanie was who she said she was, and baby S would become their son. It was somewhere around Cincinnati, Ohio, at 70 miles per hour, that Teresa suddenly panicked.

In all the chaos to get information from Tara Lee, she realized that they never received any proof of Stephanie's pregnancy. No photos of her. No ultrasound of the baby. No proof of life. And that was agonizing enough. But there was something else They weren't the only couple Tara Lee collected money from and matched with Stephanie and her son.

In all the chaos to get information from Tara Lee, she realized that they never received any proof of Stephanie's pregnancy. No photos of her. No ultrasound of the baby. No proof of life. And that was agonizing enough. But there was something else They weren't the only couple Tara Lee collected money from and matched with Stephanie and her son.