US mom Russian adopted 3-year-old son was playing outside before he died

LUBBOCK, Texas – A U.S. woman has told sheriff’s deputies that her 3-year-old adopted son from Russia was playing outside with his younger brother before she found the boy unresponsive. Ector County Sheriff Mark Donaldson said Wednesday that Laura Shatto told deputies that she was inside her Texas home on Jan. 21 and came out to find Max Alan Shatto on the ground. The boy was pronounced dead at the hospital. The medical examiner’s office said it couldn’t immediately be determined if bruises on Max’s body were intentional or accidental. Russian authorities have blamed Max’s death on “inhuma…

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