Nationwide — Madison Wolfe and her husband Wesley — a proud Black and Mexican family — say they have been living a nightmare for over a year. According to Madison, the trouble began after a car accident involving their daughter, Kamia. She says doctors told her there was bruising on Kamia’s chest, but she explained it came from the 5-point car seat harness. “I had contusions all over my chest from the crash myself,” Madison said. She alleges that instead of considering this, the hospital claimed the marks were “consistent with sexual assault.”
Madison further alleges that, without verifying custody paperwork, Kamia was immediately handed over to her adoptive parents. She and Wesley claim that this was “vengeance,” since they had recently called the police on the adoptive parents for refusing to return Kamia after babysitting.
The couple says Kamia has been kept from them for more than a year, even though they both passed drug tests, completed parenting classes, underwent psychological evaluations, and, according to Madison, were cleared twice by CPS. She says the last time they saw their daughter was in June during supervised visitation. “Those visits were taken away because of more lies from my adoptive parents,” Madison alleges.
Madison and Wesley emphasize their backgrounds in service. She notes that she has experience in law enforcement, while Wesley has worked in group homes supporting people with disabilities. “Our lives show who we are — parents who want nothing more than to love and protect our daughter,” Madison said.
Madison also claims that she grew up in a home filled with physical and emotional abuse at the hands of her adoptive mother. She says she once believed her mother’s struggles were tied to addiction and mental illness in the family, but when she and Wesley had to call the police over Kamia not being returned, Madison says she realized “history would repeat itself” if she stayed silent.
“The system has failed us. The judge has failed. The guardian ad litem has failed,” Madison said. She insists that every day Kamia isn’t home, she is in danger. The family says they are speaking out — not just for their daughter, but for other families who, in Madison’s words, are “silenced by lies, corruption, and retaliation.” They plead for justice and for the chance to bring Kamia home.