Laura Silsby timeline:
July, 2009 - Laura Silsby and Charisa Coulter visit Dominican Republic and inquired about property in the northwestern village of Gaspar Hernandez, a known pedophile area
Nov, 2009 - Bill Clinton was scheduled to visit somebody at the NPH orphanage in Haiti, Friends of the Orphans, which is eventually revealed to be the orphanage that Laura Silsby was given children from.
Dec 7, 2009 - Laura Silsby’s $358,500 house gets foreclosed by the bank.
Dec 26, 2009 - A group of unknown American visitors visit Friends of the Orphans in Petionville.
During late December, Laura Silsby and Charisa Coulter visited Haiti for a week to visit some orphanages.
Jan 8, 2010 - Laura Silsby registers New Life Children's Refuge at Dominican Republic.
Jan 12, 2010 - 7.3 magnitude earthquake hits 10 miles Southwest of Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Jan 13, 2010 - Jennifer Rayno, director of Friends of the Orphans, under-reports that “all 350 children in St. Helene’s orphanage are safe”
- Official reports show that it originally housed 450 children, indicating an unexplained disappearance of 100 children.
-Coincidentally, this number matches Laura Silsby’s documented mission statement to collect 100 orphans.
Jan 22, 2010 - (NLCR) New Life Children's Refuge team flies to Dominican Republic.
Jan 24, 2010 - Laura Silsby meets Ms d’Adesky at Lino Hotel in Santo Domingo, and dismisses warnings about the need documentation.
Jan 26, 2010 - A director at Friends of the Orphans meets Laura Silsby at the collapsed Fr. Wasson Center in Petionville and loads 40 orphans onto the bus.
A concerned citizen catches them in the act and reports to a police officer, who stops them and orders the children to get off the bus. Afterwards, he directs Laura Silsby to the Dominican embassy.
Dominican Republic consul in Haiti warns Laura Silsby that without necessary documentation, her actions would be considered child-trafficking.