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Is ‘Orphan’ Based on Natalia Grace? The Truth Behind the Movie

The psychological horror film about a couple who adopt a psychopathic nine-year-old girl is based on a true story. But is it connected to Natalia’s? Find out here.

After spending time in an orphanage and unstable homes, she was brought to the U.S. through international adoption by New Hampshire couple Dyan and Gary Ciccone in 2008, according to court documents and PEOPLE. However, the Barnetts grew suspicious of her age when they claimed to have discovered that she had pubic hair, was menstruating, and had developed many adult teeth. In an attempt to evade Czech authorities and avoid testifying in Mauerova’s child-abuse case, Škrlová, then 33 years old, escaped to Norway, where she posed as a 13-year-old boy named Adam.

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