Thursday, July 31, 2025

Cops Seize 21 Kids — Including 17 Toddlers — From California Couple Who Had Them All via Surrogacy: ‘Smells of trafficking’; Age Gap Couple Arrested at $4m Mansion After Having TWENTY ONE Children by Surrogates...17 of Whom are Toddlers

Cops seize 21 kids — including 17 toddlers — from California couple who had them all via surrogacy: ‘Smells of trafficking’:
Twenty-one little kids have been rescued from a California couple who allegedly farmed out their fertilized embryos to multiple surrogate mothers, and then hoarded the children inside a massive mansion — where they suffered repeated abuse, cops say.
Guojun Xuan, 65, and Silvia Zhang, 38, were recently found with 15 children in their Arcadia mansion. Another six of their kids had previously been moved out to other homes, WWNY 7News reported.
Xuan and Zhang own a surrogacy business, but cops say they were allegedly abusing the surrogacy program.
Seventeen of the kids are toddlers or infants, under three years old. The oldest is 13.
All 21 children have been taken in by the Department of Children and Family Services.
Zhang and Xuan have been charged with felony child endangerment and neglect. It was not immediately clear if further charges would be mounted against them for their deceptive arrangements with the surrogates.
Police found the youngsters while investigating complaints of a two-month-old who was brought to the hospital with a traumatic brain injury.
Cops believe the baby was injured by the family’s nanny, 56-year-old Chunmei Li, who is accused of committing alarming abuse.
Cops reviewed surveillance footage from inside the home, allegedly showing Li shaking and hitting the infant. The video also showed other nannies allegedly abusing all of the children, cops said.
“The discipline, both verbal and physical, was severe to the point where it supported the beliefs that child abuse was occurring inside the home,” said Arcadia police Lt. Kollin Cieadlo. --->READ MORE HERE
Age gap couple arrested at $4m mansion after having TWENTY ONE children by surrogates...17 of whom are toddlers:
A California couple have been accused of running a suspected baby surrogate-fueled human trafficking ring that involved at least 21 children.
Guojun Xuan, 65, and Silvia Zhang, 38, were arrested in May for felony child endangerment after cops descended on their $4.1 million home in Arcadia, initially responding to reports of a two-month-old suffering a traumatic head injury.
Inside, they found 15 children between the ages of two months and 13. Another six children had also been moved to other homes.
Of the 21 total children, 17 were under the age of three. All of the surrogate-born children were taken into the custody of Department of Children and Family Services.
Xuan and Zhang were charged child endangerment and neglect related to the infant found with a head injury, and later released. They have not been charged over thei alleged surrogacy scheme.
Cops also issued an arrest warrant for their nanny Chunmei Li, 56, alleging that security cameras inside the home revealed Li was 'verbally and physically' abusing the children.
Although having dozens of children through surrogates is not illegal, officials said they are investigating the startling find inside the home.
Kallie Fell, executive director of the nonprofit Center of Bioethics and Culture, told ABC7 that while the couple may not have broken the law by having so many surrogate children, the situation 'smells of trafficking.'
It is unclear what the couple do for work, with public records showing they are connected to a number of investment firms. --->READ MORE HERE
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