Bail Hearing for Accused Son-Killer?

Lindorff's 52-year-old husband James is also charged with child abuse for beating the boy on previous occasions. He's out on $25,000 bail. The couple adopted Jacob, his twin brother John and their brother James from Russia just two months before the child's death. The Lindorff's had earlier adopted three girls from Russia they are 17, 11 and 9 years of age. Leslie Margolies is the executive director of an agency that arranges international adoptions. She has no knowledge of the Lindorff case but says adoptions from Russia require strict accountability, with a social worker visiting the home before the adoption and four times after. She said there are about 4,000 Russian adoptions a year. Leslie Margolies/International Adoption Law Center: "What else can be done? You're getting letters from employers, doctors, clergymen; INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service) is doing the FBI fingerprints, and criminal record checks, and child abuse clearance. What more can you do except CAT-scans?"
Last year the Division of Youth and Family Services investigated reports of filthy conditions at the Lindorff home. However DYFS says it found everything in order. No one was home Wednesday but James Lindorff said Tuesday night that he and his wife will be cleared. The remaining children are staying with Heather Lindorff's family. Meanwhile in addition to first degree murder, Heather Lindorff is charged with child abuse, child endangerment and aggravated assault.
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