'I promise you in five years someone dies': Adoptive father of 'con artist ... trends now
An Indiana father who with his wife adopted a six-year-old Ukrainian girl in 2010, only to then come to believe she was an adult dwarf set on harming them, has claimed she threatened to kill someone in their home.
Michael Barnett says Natalia Grace told him: 'I promise you within five years someone is dead.'
He has spoken out in a new documentary entitled The Curious Case of Natalia Grace, which will be released in three parts on Investigation Discovery (ID) starting on May 29.
Barnett and his wife, Kristine, petitioned to have Natalia Grace's birth certificate changed and a judge agreed in 2012, making her 23 rather than nine.
The Barnetts then rented an apartment for Natalia Grace and fled to Canada with their three biological sons.
Barnett, in the trailer, is seen warning viewers that they would be getting the 'truth' - but adds that they 'might not like the truth.'
Michael Barnett adopted a Ukrainian girl they believed to be six in 2010. They now believe she was an adult. In a new documentary, he claimed their new family member told him: 'I promise you, within five years someone is dead'
He claimed in the trailer that Natalia Grace is an 'adult sociopath masquerading as a child.'
He is filmed sobbing and punching the floor, shaking with anger, while screaming that they were 'all abused.'
'We were all abused,' he cries. 'I hate this.'
Others in the trailer claim that no one will ever know the truth of the bizarre tale.
Michael and his wife Kristine Barnett adopted Natalia on April 26, 2010, believing they were taking home a six-year-old child.
But things quickly took a turn for the worse when they said she became violent and they suspected she was an adult posing as a child.
They petitioned a probate court to change her birth year back 14 years, which was granted in 2012, legally changing the Ukrainian-born dwarf's age from nine to 23.
The family claimed Natalia was 'told her new birthdate at the orphanage in Ukraine' before moving to the United States and 'threatened to stab' their children while living with them in Layfette, Indiana.
'She tried to poison and kill my wife,' Barnett claimed.
'[And] one night, I opened my eyes and Natalia is standing at the foot of the bed with a knife in her hand.'
Michael and Kristine Barnett (pictured) adopted Natalia Grace in April 2010, believing they were taking home a six-year-old child, but things quickly took a turn for the worse when they said they she became violent and they suspected she was an adult posing as a child
The family claimed Natalia (pictured) was 'told her new birthdate at the orphanage in Ukraine' and 'threatened to stab' their children
'I definitely didn't feel safe around Natalia,' their son Jake said in the documentary.
The Barnetts left Natalia in Layfette, Indiana, after getting her an
