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Does anyone know what happened to the Cain children?

I just watched the movie In The Best Interest Of The Children. It was about the Cain children who had a mentally ill mother that lost custody. They were first placed into a foster family that wished to adopt them and the kids thought they had no one since their mother didn’t allow their uncle and aunt (the only family that wanted them) to take care of them. The kids obviously got attached to their foster family as they showed them love and support. But the mom got jealous and upset and filed for custody of the kids again. They got taken out of their foster home and eventually were adopted by their aunt&uncle and the kids found out the truth about what their mom had done. It resulted in the foster parents to divorce because of fights and the mom saw the kids apparently afterwards, but she remained unstable. It was based on a true story, back in the 80s and it came out in 1992. But I can’t find any updates. Does anyone know what happened to them as they got older?

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I went to the IMDb boards for the movie. In real life they were the Cooper Kids from Newton, IA. This happened in the 80s around Newton Iowa which is in Jasper County. Samantha, the youngest girl committed suicide in highschool. Amanda, Anna, Sara, Samantha, & Justin are their real names. Someone named reltubaras (Sara Butler backwards) posted this: “I am one of the real ‘Cain’ kids from the movie. I am flattered that people are curious about how we are. Its been 16 years since the movie first aired and I can’t tell you how good it makes me feel to hear that people are still enjoying our story.I hope you understand that I will not use our real names as we would like to keep our lives private but I will share some details.‘Jessica Cain’ is 32 now. She’s been married for 13 years and has 3 children.‘Julie Cain’ is 31 now. She’s divorced with no children and is a nurse.‘Susan Cain’ is 29 now. She’s been married for 4 years. Has no children. She’s recently moved back to the U.S. from living overseas for 3 years.‘Cindy Cain’ died at age 17. She would have been 25 now.And ‘Baby Jason Cain’ is 23 now. He’s much taller than his older sisters who used to pick on him because they were bigger. He’s not married and has no children.All in all, we are all doing very well. Unfortunately, we no longer have a relationship with ‘Peppers’ and most of us don’t comminucate with the ‘Birney’s’ who recieved custody of us. We do, however, keep in touch with our biological mother, ‘Callie Cain’.Thank you for caring.” Some articles: http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20…http://www.parentsinaction.net/english/Mind/iowa.h…... Show More
This Site Might Help You.RE:Does anyone know what happened to the Cain children?I just watched the movie In The Best Interest Of The Children. It was about the Cain children who had a mentally ill mother that lost custody. They were first placed into a foster family that wished to adopt them and the kids thought they had no one since their mother didn’t allow their uncle and…... Show More
RE:Does anyone know what happened to the Cain children?I just watched the movie In The Best Interest Of The Children. It was about the Cain children who had a mentally ill mother that lost custody. They were first placed into a foster family that wished to adopt them and the kids thought they had no one since their mother didn't allow their uncle…... Show More
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Hi 🙂 scroll above and u will see that one of the “Cain”/Cooper kids listed what happen to them they are doing well all grown the youngest committed suicide at 17 and they no longer talk to the “Peppers” nor their uncle and aunt .they do talk to their mom..so sorry to hear about the youngest one passing that just breaks my heart and if one of the Cooper kids EVER COME BACK TO READ THIS MAY GOD CONTINUE TO WATCH OVER YOUR FAMILY AND I’M PRAYING FOR YOUR MOM I HOPE SHE DOING MUCH BETTER ..God Bless Krisha... Show More
I am glad that you , your sister, brother are doing well . take care now sincerely Ernst canche... Show More

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