Arizona Mom Loses Battle to Regain Daughters Medically Kidnapped – Pleads for Someone to Adopt Them

Melissa Diegel with daughters Kayla and Hannah before they were medically kidnapped. Source: Miracle for Two Sisters Facebook page

by Health Impact News/MedicalKidnap.com Staff

An Arizona court has ruled that the Diegel sisters are now eligible for adoption, and have terminated all of Melissa Diegel’s rights to her children. In a recently released video, this mother displays an incredible act of love for the children that CPS will no longer allow her to parent. She pleads for someone good to step up and adopt her children, so that, if they cannot be with their family, they will at least be with good people who will love and care for them. It is a plea that no loving parent should ever be forced to make.

Melissa received the shattering news from the courts that Judge Kristin Hoffman has ruled to sever all of her and her ex-husband’s parental rights to Kayla and Hannah. It was the day before Christmas Eve. She was devastated, and could not bring herself to make the bitter announcement to her supporters until recently.

See original story published on Health Impact News on October 4, 2014:

10 and 12 Year Old Sisters Seized from Family by Hospital in Phoenix

The Diegel Family story spawned a slew of families contacting Health Impact News with similar stories in Arizona, and around the country, and was the genesis for the birth of MedicalKidnap.com.

In the update video, Melissa pointed out that the court denied them the Constitutional right to Due Process. Her side was not allowed to call any personal witnesses, nor was any of their exculpatory evidence allowed to be admitted into court.

Over the course of their ordeal, Melissa points out that she and her team of supporters have posted a great deal of evidence online which demonstrates that she did not abuse her daughters, and that there was corruption behind the scenes in her case. Yet, none of that evidence was allegedly permitted to be part of the proceedings. Much of that evidence has been posted on a Facebook page set up for that purpose called Evidence Matters, as well as the Miracle for Two Sisters Facebook page, and in various YouTube videos.

This calls into question the veracity and validity of all of the court hearings against Melissa Diegel. The idea behind a fair legal hearing is that both sides bring forth their evidence, and a decision is rendered by a judge or jury. Yet many times at Health Impact News, we have seen that parents are denied the right to show the court the evidence that would exonerate them.

Hannah and Kayla Diegel. Source: Miracle for Two Sisters Facebook page.

Melissa states that she tried to bring into evidence a document from Phoenix Children’s Hospital which showed that they intended to take the Diegel sisters away from their family. This document allegedly dates to before CPS was ever even called, and before they ever spoke with Melissa or her daughters.

Also, as sometimes happens in family court, the public and the media were not permitted to be in the courtroom during the Diegel hearings. When that happens, transparency is lost. There is no way for the public to hold government officials accountable for misdeeds in court. Any decision made when the hearing takes place behind closed doors calls into question the integrity of the proceedings. How is the public to know if any such verdict is just or not?

Here is the video announcing that parental rights were terminated:

Melissa concluded the video with her poignant explanation of why she is “all over the internet”:

One of the reasons that we have #MelissaDiegel is because the last day I saw my daughters 17 months ago, I said to my daughters, “You will never lose me. You will always be able to find me. I will be all over the internet.” That is why it is #MelissaDiegel, so my daughters will always be able to find me. They will never lose me, because I am all over the internet.

On Monday, Melissa uploaded the video asking for someone good to adopt her children. She says:

It is my greatest wish that my daughters be safe. If the state of Arizona is not going to return my daughters to me or to their father, then it is my greatest wish that my daughters would be safe, in the arms of somebody else, that they would be raised in a safe and loving environment.

Melissa asserts that she has evidence that the girls have been abused, and continue to be abused, in the foster home where they currently reside. Arizona has refused to allow any kinship placement of the girls.

She vows to continue to fight to get her children back, and to fight for the many other children that are in the system unjustly.

Here is the latest video.

See more on the Diegel sisters’ story:

Girl Seized from Family in Medical Dispute In Grave Danger

Arizona Mother of Two Girls Medically Kidnapped Breaks Gag Order and Speaks Out

Medical Kidnapping: A Threat to Every Child in America Today

Arizona Families Hold Umbrella Rally on Anniversary of Diegel Sisters Medical Kidnapping

Arizona Mother Facing Jail Time for Speaking out Against Medical Kidnapping

Arizona Mother Speaks Out on Medical Kidnapping of Her Daughters

Adoption and Fostering for Profit: An Arizona Mom Who Lost her Children Exposes A Corrupt System

Published on January 12, 2016

8 Comments

Muriel September 4, 2019 at 8:38 pm - Reply

My husband, I and my special needs son stand ready to adopt the Diegal sisters. Our home is large and I solve medical mysteries. My sons and I have mitochondrial dysfunction and I know the system.We live in rural PA. Alternatively, a grown son and his wife want to nurture all kids. Unfortunately, they are in NY where vaccine exemptions are increasingly restricted.

Standing by

Muriel Hykes

JH January 17, 2016 at 7:56 pm - Reply

How awful for this family! I read that it initially started with children’s hospital.  They are always at the center of these cases across the nation.  When is someone going to investigate them and their policies???  There is something definitely going on with them.  Every case I have read about medical kidnapping has invoked a children’s hospital or one of their affiliates.

Sue them! January 13, 2016 at 8:43 am - Reply

This case demonstrates well the blatant abuses of families by  the family and juvenile court systems and CPS. I have followed this case from another state and it is apparent to me that this is a good mother and that there were no valid reasons to seize these children as well as the lack of due process inherent in the courts that decide family’s fates. I think Shawn McMillan got his license to practice in Arizona not too long ago. I hope the Deigals will look into the possibility of suing DCS and any other actors in the seizure, detainment of their children and the loss of their 14th amendment rights to familial association. The Deigals have been struck a practically fatal blow and now I hope they strike back. Sadly having lost parental rights they are now clear to wage a civil rights case against the evil forces that stole their precious girls and did nothing to preserve or restore their family. Please look into Shawn McMillian – he is an expert at fighting these cases. It won’t get the children home, but it can help change the course of the legal situation in your state, raise awareness of the corruption, and get the attention of policy makers.

David January 12, 2016 at 7:19 pm - Reply

It breaks my heart to see anyone loose there children to the state that know full well that they are wrong but dollar signs in there eyes for state and fed funding blinds them GREED is the word, CPS owns the family court system and the judges, lawyers, what a racket, all of them belong in jail.

Blake Newton January 12, 2016 at 1:57 pm - Reply

So much for personal rights. The Judge seems very biased, but that isn’t surprising given the record of CPS in Arizona.

Velvet Martin January 12, 2016 at 1:57 pm - Reply

While I have not met mom, Melissa Diegel, face to face, I have however, spoke directly through telephone calls and participated in a media interview with her. This is a well-spoken, knowledgeable, and caring mother. I am totally at a loss as to mindset of court decision to alienate Kayla and Hannah, the daughters from their loving mother. It is a disgusting betrayal that should have citizens nationwide up in arms about legal kidnapping! 
Velvet Martin
Founder of Samantha’s Law
Spokesperson for Protecting Canadian Children

JCG January 12, 2016 at 1:05 pm - Reply

Melissa,
I wish I had the words to help, but alas, I don’t. All I can do is what I have been doing – following your story and praying for you and your family. I don’t understand the way that this country has systematically taken away all rights of parents to parent…and how strangers are allowed to decide our children’s fate for us. Stay all over the internet…it is one way that you can reach out to your daughters- I lost my family for 30 years- and had given up hope of ever finding them- your internet presence can prevent that. Set up various ways for them to see you- and never, ever let go of hope. 
Love, hugs and prayers always.

Jen January 12, 2016 at 10:47 am - Reply

Thank you for publishing this story.  The blatant abuse of power that CPS wields on families throughout our nation needs to be exposed and I appreciate all the efforts you put forth in exposing them through your publications.