When Matt and Takki Hernandez decided to start a family, they never dreamed they would experience the nightmare in which they find themselves today. The story of this couple is a complex and emotional tale, one that highlights the intricacies of the state’s child welfare program and how it often leads to tragic outcomes.
Matt and Takki met through an online service over a decade ago in New York City, where they began dating and later married. Matt was working as a newspaper photographer, and Takki was a live-in nanny from Thailand who worked for a police chief.
They later moved to Georgia and decided to start a family. They have two daughters, a four-year-old named Arya and a nine-month-old named Emma. The situation began in June when Takki took Emma to the pediatrician because she noticed that she had a swollen leg. Soon after, she found herself accused of child abuse and…
