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Silvia Zhang and Guojun Xuan, a California couple from Arcadia, were charged with child abuse after an investigation into their surrogacy scheme involving at least 21 children. Fifteen of the children, ranging in age from two months to 13 years, were removed from the couple’s home last year; another six children were later located elsewhere. The police found that one or two of these children were born to Zhang while others were born via surrogacy. The case came to light when a hospital reported a traumatic head injury to an infant cared for by a nanny in their household, leading to further investigation and subsequent arrests on conspiracy charges in May 2025.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-06,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
On May 9, Guojun Xuan (65) and his partner Silvia Zhang (38) were arrested in Arcadia, California, for allegedly operating a surrogacy scheme involving at least 21 children. The couple was detained at their $4.1 million mansion after Arcadia Police found the children across multiple properties they owned. Xuan's attorney, Mitchell Krems, claims his client wanted to raise as many as two dozen kids because he believed they could contribute positively to society when they grew up. However, law enforcement and the FBI charged them with conspiracy to commit child abuse and dissuading a witness, with bail set at $500,000 each. The children, ranging in age from two months to 13 years, were taken into state custody last year following an investigation that revealed potential abuse and neglect.
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A California couple has been arrested on child abuse charges following an investigation into a surrogacy scheme involving at least 21 kids, police said on Tuesday.
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police → arrest → Tuesday
Silvia Zhang and her husband, Guojun Xuan are expected to face conspiracy to commit child abuse charges, according to the Los Angeles county sheriff’s department.
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Zhang → expect → department
Fifteen children were removed from the couple’s opulent home in Arcadia last year after an allegation of abuse, and another six living elsewhere were also located.
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six → remove → abuse
They ranged in age from two months to 13 years, with most between one and three.
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They → range → one
Police believe Zhang gave birth to one or two of the children while the rest were born by surrogate.
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rest → believe → surrogate
Zhang and Xuan were first arrested in May 2025 after a hospital reported that their two-month-old infant had a traumatic head injury, the result of a nanny at the home violently shaking the baby, according to Arcadia police.
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nanny → arrest → police
Arcadia police did not file charges at the time, in order to finish a full investigation, they said.
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they → file → investigation
The couple told police that they “wanted a large family” and produced what appeared to be legitimate birth certificates, including some from outside California, that list Zhang as the mother of the children.
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that → tell → children
Xuan was listed as the father on at least some of the birth certificates.
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Xuan → list → certificates
Surrogacy is an agreement between parties to have a woman become pregnant, typically through an embryo transfer and deliver a baby for another parent.
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woman → become → parent
The practice has no federal regulation, leaving it up to states to set the rules if they choose to allow it.
California is considered a “surrogacy-friendly state” because it has clear laws governing the process.
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it → have → process
Both sides are required to have lawyers, and there must be a written, notarized contract before an embryo transfer takes place.
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transfer → require → place
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