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Teen Who Made Viral Adoption Plea Finds New Home

A Florida teen says he's finally found home almost two years after his plea at church for a family to adopt him generated 10,000 inquiries.

Davion Navar Henry Only was born in prison, raised in foster care and never felt wanted before taking the pulpit at St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church in 2013 to ask for help.

Of all the inquiries nationwide, a minister's family in Ohio seemed like the best fit. But when Davion got into a fight with one of the minister's children, he was sent back to Florida's foster care system.

The 16-year-old then reached out to his former caseworker. Connie Going tells the Tampa Bay Times her adoption of Davion will be finalized April 22.

Davion says he always thought of Going as his mother.

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