Kim Rossler with baby Elliott
I stumbled on this story. It isn’t new and I am unable to find out any current status. It is a cautionary tale for any expectant mother who is conflicted about giving up her baby for adoption or choosing to parent. Rather than go over all the details of this case (which sadly is common to many other such cases), I leave you with a few links to read more if you are interested in it.
Between 2015 and 2019, the story did garner some very public and at times controversial reporting (depending upon which side of the adoption issues you find yourself leaning into). I did see that the Huffington Post had a two-part article by Mirah Riben. LINK>Part 1 was published July 7, 2015 (Rossler gave birth on May 28, 2015 in Mobile County, Alabama). It was followed by LINK>Part II. At three weeks old, an Alabama sheriff removed the baby from his mother, while she was breastfeeding him.
It is the story about what can happen when a predatory adoption agency and an intent to adopt woman get together to derail a decision to parent by a woman who was previously considering giving her baby up for adoption but changed her mind.
LovingFamilies on WordPress published LINK>Update Baby Elliott Case. I also did find that LINK>in 2019, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that a Facebook page go back online. I did try to locate it but did not find that it went back up.
This is NOT how adoption is supposed to work.
Missing Mom 
apparently Kim changed her name and finally got Elliot back on March 14th 2025. It took ten years. This was hard to find information apparently she is married now too. I found this mention of the case on a Wikipedia page on adoption abuse.
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Thank you, Sue, for the rest of the story. I definitely appreciate it.
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Hi Sue, I wish this was accurate. I know Kim well. She did not get Elliott back. Its been ten years and she has not seen him or received an update since he was taken. Kate Sharp had an army of attorneys against Kim representing herself. Kim continues to grieve, is not married but is thriving in her career in the non profit world .
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Thank you for adding your personal understanding and the update, sad as it is.
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