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wiseguy182 · 09-26-2006, 03:40 AM

In the past, I've managed to bring up a few cases that we hadn't talked about yet (Roy Caffey and Tracy Wofford-Bunn). And, after doing a search, it looks like I've found another one.

A few days ago, I was rewatching a segment I was dubbing for another poster. It was the Bessie Bernard/black market babies segment. At the beginning, it gave a brief clip of a previous segment about black market babies, that profiled Georgia Tan, who diguised her illegal business as a legitimate adoption center. She operated it in Tennessee. The brief review clip stated that, thanks to the showing of the segment, that 200 children had been reunited with their parents. It didn't happen to say if Georgia had been caught. Just wondering if anyone knew if she had been caught or knows anything else about this case.

leroykevin · 09-28-2006, 06:03 PM

Mary tyler Moore Did a movie about her.
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0108225/
Check it out

wiseguy182 · 09-29-2006, 01:57 AM

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Originally Posted by leroykevin

Mary tyler Moore Did a movie about her.
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0108225/
Check it out

Huh. I was totally unaware there was a movie made about it, thank you for that info. I did check out that link, and there was a post on its message board saying "I was stolen by Georgia Tann". So I logged in with my account over there, and there is somebody that's searching for their birth parents. The movie also stars Lea Thompson, who I saw just literally hours ago on an episode of "Tales from the Crypt" entitled "Sin Deep"

Cori aka ChrisSCrush · 06-12-2008, 01:06 AM

The mother and daughter profiled on the Unsolved Mysteries Georgia Tann segment provided a mystery within a mystery. Here this woman not only SNATCHED CHILDREN OFF THE STREET by luring them into her car and taking off, but Cindy's mother was INFORMED HER CHILD WAS AT A COURTHOUSE and asked to sign away rights to her! The segment certainly left the impression that she had this one phone conversation, said, no, they couldn't have Cindy, they hung up on her, adopted Cindy out, and nothing more was said or done about it for 30 or 40 years.

HELLO??? WHAT GIVES??? Did Cindy's mother report her missing? Did she report her whereabouts to any authorities (police, FBI) after being informed where Cindy was? If told she was at a courthouse, WHAT PARENT IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD NOT DRIVE OR COMMANDEER A VEHICLE STRAIGHT THERE--call a police car to take her there if necessary--AND RECOVER HER CHILD? Was she somehow threatened that she'd be charged with neglect or something if she showed up, and would she really let that stop her? Did she have no more interest in her two-year-old daughter than that? If she knew the judge affiliated with this court was in on a child-snatching ring, why did she not report it regardless of whether Cindy could have been located, to spare others such an ordeal?

If all the parents who lost kids in this manner were as slack-twisted as this mother, maybe they deserved to lose them.

And why did Cindy's mother not make an effort to search for, and recover, Cindy? Cindy had to do the work/research herself. She seemed pretty chummy with dear old mom on camera. Wouldn't you imagine she'd have some hard questions for her under such circumstances?

The child in question seems to be Cynthia Lupresto but I can't find anything online about her.

09-26-2006, 03:40 AM	#1
wiseguy182 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 11, 2006 Location: Wendy's salad bar Posts: 7,030	The elusive Georgia Tan segment?! In the past, I've managed to bring up a few cases that we hadn't talked about yet (Roy Caffey and Tracy Wofford-Bunn). And, after doing a search, it looks like I've found another one. A few days ago, I was rewatching a segment I was dubbing for another poster. It was the Bessie Bernard/black market babies segment. At the beginning, it gave a brief clip of a previous segment about black market babies, that profiled Georgia Tan, who diguised her illegal business as a legitimate adoption center. She operated it in Tennessee. The brief review clip stated that, thanks to the showing of the segment, that 200 children had been reunited with their parents. It didn't happen to say if Georgia had been caught. Just wondering if anyone knew if she had been caught or knows anything else about this case.

06-12-2008, 01:06 AM	#4
Cori aka ChrisSCrush Member Senior Member Join Date: Dec 30, 2001 Location: USA and still trying to be proud of it! Posts: 2,071	The mother and daughter profiled on the Unsolved Mysteries Georgia Tann segment provided a mystery within a mystery. Here this woman not only SNATCHED CHILDREN OFF THE STREET by luring them into her car and taking off, but Cindy's mother was INFORMED HER CHILD WAS AT A COURTHOUSE and asked to sign away rights to her! The segment certainly left the impression that she had this one phone conversation, said, no, they couldn't have Cindy, they hung up on her, adopted Cindy out, and nothing more was said or done about it for 30 or 40 years. HELLO??? WHAT GIVES??? Did Cindy's mother report her missing? Did she report her whereabouts to any authorities (police, FBI) after being informed where Cindy was? If told she was at a courthouse, WHAT PARENT IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD NOT DRIVE OR COMMANDEER A VEHICLE STRAIGHT THERE--call a police car to take her there if necessary--AND RECOVER HER CHILD? Was she somehow threatened that she'd be charged with neglect or something if she showed up, and would she really let that stop her? Did she have no more interest in her two-year-old daughter than that? If she knew the judge affiliated with this court was in on a child-snatching ring, why did she not report it regardless of whether Cindy could have been located, to spare others such an ordeal? If all the parents who lost kids in this manner were as slack-twisted as this mother, maybe they deserved to lose them. And why did Cindy's mother not make an effort to search for, and recover, Cindy? Cindy had to do the work/research herself. She seemed pretty chummy with dear old mom on camera. Wouldn't you imagine she'd have some hard questions for her under such circumstances? The child in question seems to be Cynthia Lupresto but I can't find anything online about her.
	Last edited by Cori aka ChrisSCrush; 07-10-2008 at 04:23 AM.

09-28-2006, 06:03 PM	#2
leroykevin Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Aug 27, 2004 Posts: 50	Mary tyler Moore Did a movie about her. http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0108225/ Check it out