Chapter Thirteen
A Loving Appeal from the USA
At the
end of October, after having endured BBAS and Amrex the Towells wrote the
Ministry of Education in both Moscow and Amur a densely worded, single spaced 3
page letter, translated by Irina.
They explained how much they loved Oleg and Elena, how badly Tatyana and Amrex
had botched the appeal and that Amrex was working illegally in Russia by using
Beacon House’s accreditation.
Irina O’Rear went over and above in the work she did for the Towells on the
appeal. She moved mountains in both Moscow and Blagoveshchensk and got
results. IT WAS THROUGH IRINA AND NOT AMREX OR BBAS that the Towells were able
to obtain important information!
By Sept. 21, Irina had filed the paperwork in Moscow and Amur for the appeals
process to get underway.
The Amur Regional Court mailed the Towells two letters, one informing them of
the decision for their new day in court, and the other stating they would get a
new court date in November.
Both letters were signed by Judge E.A. Burov, the judge that had sat for Brian in April. The first letter was dated Oct. 8, 2001.
(He was also, oddly enough, the same judge who had officiated at the
adoption of Victor Matthey, the New Jersey boy whose parents were charged with
murder after he died in late 2001).
This letter from Judge Burov stated that the Amur Regional Court had received the Towell’s appeal on Oct. 3.