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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...babies settled in with the Allens, the couple took pains not to alienate Wecker, entitled by California law to rescind the placement for any reason within 90 days. Still, the Allens became uneasy when Wecker hinted she wanted money from them to finance her divorce. Wecker says she was developing doubts about the Allens because Johnson told her that they had bounced a $4,000 check...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Do They Belong? | 1/29/2001 | See Source »

...Tranda Wecker, 28, has trouble making up her mind. She is a hotel receptionist from St. Louis, Mo., who gave birth last June to twins, to whom she gave the names Kiara and Keyara, after a character in Disney's Lion King II. At first she planned to raise them along with her three other children but faltered under the pressure of her job and divorce from the twins' father. She also had a new boyfriend. "Who was going to want a woman with five kids?" she said to the British tabloid the Sun, which broke the story. So Wecker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Do They Belong? | 1/29/2001 | See Source »

Johnson needed no license or qualifications to be a facilitator in California--only clients with money. Several couples replied to her Internet ad featuring the Wecker twins, but it was Vickie and Richard Allen of San Bernardino, Calif., who won the human lottery. They have an adopted son and wanted to complete their family. Vickie, a bookkeeper, sold the diamond from her engagement ring to help raise the $6,000 Johnson demanded. In October the couple signed a "placement agreement" with Wecker and filed it with the state to start the six-month check of the Allens' suitability. None...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Do They Belong? | 1/29/2001 | See Source »

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