As Far Away as You Can Get: Hilary Foretich

Missing Hilary Foretich is found in New Zealand

Rather than obey a judge's order to allow her daughter to visit her father, plastic surgeon Elizabeth Morgan sent the girl into hiding and spent more than two years in a Washington jail. Now Hilary Foretich, the seven-year-old girl at the center of one of the most bitter and highly publicized custody cases in memory, has been found in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Not seen since August 1987, Hilary was bundled off with her maternal grandparents after Morgan lost her legal battle to prevent oral surgeon Eric Foretich from having unsupervised visits with the child. Morgan, who divorced Foretich shortly before Hilary...

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