This is the million dollar question. We have said from the very beginning that they should have just admit a mistake and given him back in April, but Adoption by Gentle Care has simply refused.

According to their own case notes, after the original adoptive family returned Camden, they consider returning him, but the AGC counsel told them not to. We don’t really know why except to call him a few choice names. We think that they did not believe that Carri would continue fighting as so many mothers and fathers in similar situations do not have the ability to fight.

At one point they told Carri’s legal team that they did consider it, but then she went to the media and now they had to defend their reputation.  Their notes say that she must be “punished” for speaking out; I believe the quote is ” Let’s punish her.”

In court, they told the Appeals Court Judge that they needed “vindication” by going to trial when she asked the same thing about returning the baby.

After the initial trail, which they did win,  they were approached again and asked to do the humane thing and just give Camden back now that they had their public vindication. They said no again.