During the 1970's, Jerry Sherwood was arrested and gave birth in jail, forced by a welfare agency to put her child up for adoption. Dennis was a defiant child, but he most certainly didn't deserve the psychological and physical abuse he was put through by his religiously nutty adoptive mother.
In the present day, Jerry has made herself a respectable parent with other children of her own. Deciding after eighteen years to finally meet her long lost baby, she discovers to her horror that her son never had the chance to live past three years old. Dennis supposedly died from a disease... but Jerry persuades the cops to investigate further, and with the help of a news reporter she learns of just how dangerous Dennis' adoptive mother really was.
Jerry Sherwood's story is true, but this film highly dramatizes it. Nevertheless it is able to convey a powerful message and it was interesting to watch. It's a typical Lifetime movie and the acting was pretty good, not much more to say.
In the present day, Jerry has made herself a respectable parent with other children of her own. Deciding after eighteen years to finally meet her long lost baby, she discovers to her horror that her son never had the chance to live past three years old. Dennis supposedly died from a disease... but Jerry persuades the cops to investigate further, and with the help of a news reporter she learns of just how dangerous Dennis' adoptive mother really was.
Jerry Sherwood's story is true, but this film highly dramatizes it. Nevertheless it is able to convey a powerful message and it was interesting to watch. It's a typical Lifetime movie and the acting was pretty good, not much more to say.