JUST BUGS ME

I wondered what happened to Jill. I got a lot of hits today from Utah about it. So I checked my google alerts. Low and behold, she is in the news. It really irks me how they distorted the story again. Jill Ekstrom was a confidential intermediary in Utah. I don't like CIs. Maybe they should just do away with sealed adoptee access anyway. I don't think its right for a person to go to jail or be convicted for this crime. Its Utah though. They are warped as it is. This is the state that has a corrupt adoption industry. I can only imagine what the Utah Adoption Council played in her betrayal. I know some of the cruddy characters in that little one act of corruption.

Jill, we on the underground movement support you. I am just sorry it went this way for you. I am sorry you were treated like a common criminal. You must have had a high rate of reunion. They probably didn't like that.

Here is the link. Here is the story.

Woman accused of stealing records pleads no contest

The Associated Press

Article Last Updated: 06/11/2008 12:57:18 PM MDT

Posted: 12:56 PM- BRIGHAM CITY -- A woman accused of stealing adoption records from a Davis County courthouse pleaded no contest to the charges.
But Jill Ekstrom may have defendant's regret. She tells an Ogden newspaper that she had taken painkillers Monday and may withdraw the plea.
Ekstrom is the former owner of UtahFinders.com. She gained notoriety for reuniting adopted children with their biological parents.
A Davis County prosecutor, Rick Westmoreland, says 300 to 400 adoption case files from the 1970s were contained on several rolls of microfilm. The microfilm has not been recovered.
Ekstrom, 43, was accused of selling some of that information to an undercover officer.
The Standard-Examiner says Ekstrom pleaded no contest to five misdemeanors. Sentencing is set for July 22.