SOLD ON THE BLACK MARKET. At the time, both Judy and Melinda had received strange phone calls calling for punishment after going public with the Hicks Baby controversy and Melinda was terrified she was next. Hicks died at age 83 in 1972. A three-part documentary, Taken at Birth, follows the story of Dr. Thomas Hicks who illegally arranged black market adoptions for nearly 200 babies, known as "Hicks Babies," in the '50s and '60s. Here's What Happened to 'Taken at Birth' Doctor Thomas Hicks - Distractify Hicks died at age 83 in 1972. Seeking family links - PressReader He charged what he could get from the hopeful couplesanywhere from $200 to $10,000, dependent upon the financial status of the couple. Within a decade, he was not only performing illegal abortions but selling newborns on the black market. After the DNA tests this summer failed to turn up more matches, she's calling for another round soon. Taken At Birth will share the untold stories of the "Hicks Babies," the name given to more than 200 newborn babies illegally sold or given away from the back steps of a small-town Georgia clinic run by Dr. Thomas J. Hicks during the 1950s and 1960s. She joined the group a few years ago after searching for siblings on-line. In his writing, Alexander covers a wide range of topics, from cutting-edge medical research and technology to environmental science and space exploration. Download the News 12 News and Weather Apps on your smart phone or tablet device to receive breaking news and weather push notifications the minute it happens. His work remained buried as well. Nothing to bring our two gene pools together My birth mother never showed up to meet me as I had hoped she would, but I discovered an understanding and a love for her. After many, many years, you will have some intuition for the physics you studied. I was so happy for Clarence, and my sons. He and my parents were very good friends , he was a character. Hicks would then secretly sell the newborn with the adoptive parents names on a forged birth certificate, leaving no records of the birth mothers.