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22 Children Found in Arcadia Mansion Amid Abuse Probe

8/9/2025

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In a shocking discovery in Arcadia, California, police found 22 children under three years old living in a mansion during a child abuse investigation. The children's Chinese-born parents assert that all the kids, whose birth certificates show a flurry of rapid births across the U.S., are theirs. Authorities are left bewildered by the mysterious origins of these young lives.

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In a shocking discovery in Arcadia, California, police found 22 children under three years old living in a mansion during a child abuse investigation. The children's Chinese-born parents assert that all the kids, whose birth certificates show a flurry of rapid births across the U.S., are theirs. Authorities are left bewildered by the mysterious origins of these young lives.