From WWNY 7News: Police in California are investigating a husband and wife for an alleged surrogacy scam after more than a dozen surrogate children were found packed in their home.
Police have placed 21 children, most from surrogate mothers, in protective custody amid an investigation into Silvia Zhang and Guojun Xuan. The couple had 15 children living at their Arcadia home, and six others had been moved to other homes.
Investigators say the children range in age from about 2 months old to 13 years old, but most are between 1 and 3 years old.
Police say action was taken after a 2-month-old baby was brought to the hospital with severe head trauma. Security video inside Zhang and Xuan’s home allegedly showed their nanny, Chunmei Li, violently shaking and hitting the baby. Video also showed other nannies abusing all the children, according to police.
Guojun Xuan, 65, and Silvia Zhang, 38, have both been charged with felony child endangerment and neglect. It is unclear whether additional charges will be filed against them, as the matter is reportedly still under investigation.
The nanny, Chunmei Li, 56, is accused of committing alarming abuse. Police said other nannies were also seen on video abusing the children.
Police have discovered that surrogate mothers from around the country were hired to give birth to most of the children, but the women reportedly didn’t know about each other, and each thought their babies were going to a family who only had one child and could not have a second child.
The children are believed to all be the biological offspring of Xuan and Zhang.
In another odd revelation, neighbors have described the couple’s 10,000-square-foot, 9-bedroom, $4 million home as being set up like hotel suites, complete with a “front lobby” and a “hotel desk” out front staffed by a “clerk.”
One of the surrogate mothers, Kayla, of Texas, has set up a GoFundMe page to raise funds for legal expenses, as she is seeking to secure a permanent home for the baby she carried, after she learned the baby has ended up in foster care.
The report makes no mention of whether the couple are American citizens.
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Perla said she was told that Silvia Zhang, 38, and Guojun Xuan, 65, of Arcadia, had only one child and were seeking a sibling due to infertility issues. She later discovered she was one of several women who had been told similar stories. Live update: https://t.co/3UJ5vDTmI6 pic.twitter.com/kY0Jf89v5x
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