DA investigating return of adopted Russian boy trying to determine if crime happened in Tenn.

DA: Location crucial to charges in adoption case

SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. — The prosecutor investigating a woman for returning her adopted son to Russia says he’s trying to determine if a crime happened in Tennessee or charges should be pursued elsewhere.

The 7-year-old flew unaccompanied to Moscow last week with a note from his adoptive mother, Torry Hansen of Shelbyville, that said she no longer wanted to him because he has psychological problems.

District Attorney Chuck Crawford and other authorities are investigating abuse and child abandonment allegations.

Crawford said Monday that because the child flew alone out of Dulles International Airport outside Washington, charges might have to be filed there.

Prosecutors at the Loudoun (LOW’-don) County, Va., commonwealth attorney’s office couldn’t be reached Monday evening.