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Authorities remove 21 surrogate-born children from California couple amid trafficking probe
CALIFORNIA, JUL 15 – The couple allegedly ran a surrogacy scam involving 21 children aged 2 months to 13 years, with FBI and local agencies investigating possible child abuse and neglect.
- A couple in Arcadia, Silvia Zhang and Guojun Xuan, had 21 children from surrogate mothers placed in protective custody amid allegations of child abuse and endangerment.
- These children, aged 2 months to 13 years, were linked to Zhang and Xuan, who faced felony charges.
- Surrogate mothers, including Kayla, expressed horror upon discovering the deception regarding their involvement.
- Kallie Fell from the Center for Bioethics and Culture raised concerns about the ethics of having so many children through surrogacy.
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Cops Investigating Couple With 21 Kids, Many Born by Surrogate
Twenty-one children are in the custody of a California child-welfare agency while authorities, including the FBI, investigate a Los Angeles-area couple and whether they misled surrogate mothers around the country, the AP reports. Fifteen children were removed from the couple's opulent home in Arcadia after an abuse allegation in May,...
Twenty-one children are in the custody of California child protective services as an investigation continues into a Los Angeles-area couple suspected of abusing surrogates across the United States.
‘Smells Of Trafficking’: Couple’s 21 Children, All Born Via Surrogacy, Placed In Protective Custody
In what appears to be a surrogacy scandal in California, 21 children, who were reportedly all born by surrogate mothers, were removed from a home and placed in protective custody.The children were discovered when authorities went to investigate the suspected child abuse of a 2-month-old infant who suffered a traumatic head injury, ABC 7 reported.“We discovered numerous children — 15 children to be specific — ranging in ages from 2 months old to …
21 Surrogate-Born Children in Protective Custody After Abuse Claims in Arcadia
Arcadia police Wednesday continued investigating a case of alleged child abuse or neglect that led authorities to take custody of 21 children — all born via surrogate — who were under the care of two people arrested in May. According to Arcadia police Lt. Kollin Cieadlo, a hospital notified them on May 7 that a 2-month-old infant had been admitted with a traumatic head injury and brain bleeding. Detectives responded to a home in the 600 block of…
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