In the fall of 1977, Marie Ann Watson, a 27-year-old Caucasian mother, found herself in a bitter struggle to regain custody of her two young children. Following a period of incarceration for drug and prostitution charges, her son and daughter had been placed in the care of Dorothy and Mike Rogers in Emmett, Idaho. What was meant to be a temporary arrangement turned into a contentious battle, as the Rogerses grew attached to the children, changed their names, and expressed a desire to adopt them.
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