Russian officials are considering stopping adoptions to the United States after a Purcellville, Va., father who left his Russian-born adopted son in a sweltering car to die was acquitted last month, U.S. adoption officials confirmed.
The story of Miles Harrison, 49, whose adopted 21-month-old son Chase, born Dmitry Yakolev, died in a hot car in July has made national news in Russia. Harrison forgot to drop Chase at day care and went straight to work, leaving him in the car for nine hours.
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