They spent their life savings to save a boy from a harsh Ukrainian orphanage, then one night, everything inside their quiet Florida home went violently wrong.

In this episode, I unravel the story of Robbie and Jennifer Tower, the son they adopted as a teen, the unsettling red flags leading up to a bloody crime scene, and the courtroom showdown that left everyone questioning how well we can ever truly know the children we bring into our homes.

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• forgave-him-for-everything-adoptee-from-ukraine-allegedly-murdered-loving-parents-after-troubled-history-of-violence/
• https://www.courttv.com/news/fl-v-dima-tower-troubled-orphan-murder-trial/
• https://www.courttv.com/news/dima-tower-admits-to-brutal-murder-of-adoptive-parents-in-chilling-testimony/
• https://www.courttv.com/title/eyewitness-defendant-dima-tower-had-blood-on-his-hands/
• https://www.courttv.com/title/neighbor-i-heard-banging-and-screaming-for-help-made-911-call/
• https://www.courttv.com/tag/dima-tower/
• https://robersonfh.com/obituary/robbie-tower/
• https://robersonfh.com/obituary/jennifer-christine-tower/
• https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/portcharlotte/name/robbie-tower-obituary?id=53054160
• https://www.echovita.com/us/obituaries/fl/north-port/jennifer-christine-tower-16901680
• https://nypost.com/2025/11/13/us-news/ukrainian-adoptee-dima-tower-breaks-down-in-florida-court-as-hes-accused-of-slaughtering-parents-in-murder-trial/
• https://open.spotify.com/show/5uzx4TEFdqTLhBvycXYLDm
• https://www.facebook.com/groups/43679042799/posts/10160307474627800/

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