The Death of Candace Newmaker
This is one of those cases that shows like Law and Order and CSI based at least one episode on. Admittedly I do not watch Law and Order but I am a fan of CSI, at least in the beginning and I remember the episode that was inspired by this case. It is also one of those cases that inspired reform in laws, although I must admit that I am unsure that it inspired enough of them. Candace Newmaker was born as Candace Elmore in November of 1989 in North Carolina. Her birth parents were Angela and Todd who would go on to have a son and another daughter after Candace was born. It was only said that “at a young age” Candace and her siblings were taken from their parents on allegations of neglect and were then separated by social services. By the time she was five Angela and Todd's parental rights were terminated. When she was six or seven (depending on the source), she was adopted by a single woman named Jeane Elizabeth Newmaker. Jeane was a pediatric nurse and came f...