{"id":236151,"date":"2020-12-13T11:40:48","date_gmt":"2020-12-13T17:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=236151"},"modified":"2020-12-12T14:11:21","modified_gmt":"2020-12-12T20:11:21","slug":"police-officer-wife-adopt-toddler-abusive-rescue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/police-officer-wife-adopt-toddler-abusive-rescue\/","title":{"rendered":"Police officer and his wife adopt toddler he rescued from abusive home"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Two and a half years after first saving a toddler from an abusive home, an Arizona police officer and his family adopted the little girl. Lieutenant Brian Zach was a patrol officer in Kingman, Arizona, at the time. He responded to a residence check in March 2018, where he found a toddler who was living in abusive home.<\/span><\/p>\n

Zach told Good Morning America<\/a> that during the check, he and the little girl, Kaila, \u201ccolored [and] snacked \u2026 she held my hand and she was just this cute little thing.\u201d Detectives soon arrived at the scene and took Kaila to the hospital for her injuries. According to Lieutenant Zach, criminal charges were filed against Kaila’s abusers.<\/span><\/p>\n

After Kaila was treated, Zach and his wife Cierra and their two children decided to temporarily house her after Child Protective Services had difficulty placing her in a home. Zach told GMA, “She came with a sippy cup, a bag of clothes that didn’t fit her and that was it.” Within two days, Kaila was reportedly calling Cierra \u201cmom\u201d or \u201cmommy,\u201d and after about two weeks of calling him \u201cguy,\u201d she began to call Zach \u201cdad.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n