maureen maher offers two examples of the pitfalls in tonight's "48 hours" in an edition entitled "perilous journey." >> reporter: after serving in iraq and afghanistan, army officer ryanh his wife jeri lynn, is on his way to adopt two sisters, ava and zoey, and bring them home to fort campbell, kentucky. >> here we go. >> reporter: with three boys of their own, the owens felt they had more to give. they had found the girls online, offered by celebrate children international or c.c.i. a small florida adoption agency run by sue hedberg. what was the story she told you about where these girls came from? >> they were just abandoned. >> reporter: the owens soon noticed a serious discrepancy between the paperwork and pictures c.c.i. sent them that could threaten the adoption. >> you bring this up to this person who is supposed to be representing you, you're met with: stop. >> reporter: determined to push ahead, the owens later cut ties with sue hedberg and c.c.i. >> i had no way to find out this was happening until it happened to me. >> reporter: betsy emanuel already had four adopted children. >> when i saw maria, my life changed. there is no other way to describe it. >> r