From the journal

Pleading for Help

February 16, 2026

There are moments in life that feel destined, guided by a force beyond our understanding. For over a decade, my life has been defined by a single, agonizing mission: finding my daughter, Angelina Petrichenko, who was trafficked from me in 2011.

After years of hiring private investigators, pleading with the police, and hitting walls of silence, I believe I found her. But her new family keeps telling that she is theirs and was born this way (e.g. with the injuries).

My daughter was born absolutely healthy. She was track and field athlete and A+ student in school.

She complained to me in 2011 that in Whatcom county, WA she was medically and sexually abused. I couldn’t help as I was wrongfully separated from her.

In 2015 she texted to me that her new family was not feeding her and didn’t let her out. She said that they were brainwashing her telling that she was their daughter. She told me that her foster brothers were abusive. Below is the picture she sent to me.

I couldn’t find her when I tried. She sent me an address in MO, where I went but didn’t find her there. Perhaps she sent me an address where she was temporarily. It was a trailer park in MO.

Meanwhile officially, in WA state she finished her school (the featured image) and received scholarship in PA, Haverford. When I attempted to visit her in PA, I couldn’t find her once again. I did see her receiving her diploma in the high school, but our communication was very limited. She seemed afraid to talk, threatened by her step-father. I couldn’t do much as he was calling police all the time and lying to them when I attempted to take care. He threatened me with arrest for kidnapping, while kidnapper was him and the brainwashed, possibly corrupted PD in Whatcom county.

The kidnappers kept hiding her from me to confide the crimes. She was abused and was taken from me to confide the abuse. Her step-dad used a canny scam, that was not a new thing in Whatcom county: to take custody on a kid, they do slander and perjuries. At the time the person who made the perjury  was her step-father Ryan Nelson or whoever was holding the documents.

I never gave up trying to help whatever I could but my resources were always limited as I was also victimized and traumatized by the crime, didn’t receive my income, didn’t have a home.

Photograph of Galina Nelson with her daughters, around the year 2008

Me with my two children, Angelina and Anna in Grumpy Jack, AZ in 2008

I do believe that family of my ex-husband, Lori Schmidt could be involved in the abuse as she revenged when Angelina complained officially about abuse by her step-dad Ryan Nelson.

Initially Lori started the hunt in 2011 to take advantage of the money signed to me and Angelina by my father in law Larry Nelson through Affidavit of Support.

Help me find my daughter and take her from the abusive family that caused her disability.

She was a victim of a hate crime. All I am pursuing is her health, happiness and rehabilitation that her new family doesn’t care about.

Help. Help prevent further injuries. Help me find my daughter.

 


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