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Who are William and Zachary Zulock? Gay couple charged with pimping out 2 adopted sons, making child porn

The two boys were adopted by the Zulocks, who resided in Oxford, a wealthy Atlanta suburb, from a Christian special-needs adoption agency

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ATLANTA, GEORGIA: William Dale Zulock and Zachary Jacoby Zulock, a gay Georgia couple, are accused of molesting their two adopted boys and using them to record child porn. They also allegedly sold the boys to members of a local pedophile ring.

William, 33, and Zachary, 35, are accused of using social media to prostitute their two sons, who are now 11 and 9 years old, according to a months-long investigation by Townhall. In August 2022, charges of incest, aggravated sodomy, aggravated child molestation, criminal sexual exploitation of children, and felony prostitution of a juvenile were brought against William, a government employee, and Zachary, a banker. The investigation disclosed for the first time that the men reportedly sold their two elementary-aged boys to two other older men involved in a pedophile ring. Hunter Clay Lawless, 27, one of the older men, told investigators that Zachary, who calls himself "Papa to our two wonderful boys" and an "activist" on Instagram, urged him "multiple times" to participate in sexually abusing the boys, according to Townhall.

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Lawless asserted that he never made personal contact with either child. He further asserted that Zachary sent him numerous Snapchat messages, one of which purportedly said, "I'm going to f— my son tonight. Stand by." Additionally, Zachary had also sent pictures of himself sexually abusing his 11-year-old.

The indictment claims that the two men were arrested on suspicion of encouraging prostitution with the 11-year-old child. If Lawless and Armando Vizcarro-Sanchez, the second older man, ever engaged the boys in physical contact, it is unknown.

This revelation has outraged a lot of people on Twitter, one of whom wrote, "Death penalty or life in prison. The more I read about what these monsters did I don't know how these 2 boys will grow up without having serious psychological issues plague for the rest of their lives."

A second person wrote, "They became rich pimping their adopted sons. The built a mansion and traveled lavishly. The state of Georgia actually gave them money for adopting the 2 boys, they were 'special needs' children. Special needs because the were adopted together and brothers. It is very disturbing."

Another person who hopes the inmates will care about this problem wrote, "Hopefully they’re put in general population. We all know that inmates don’t like pedophiles and they’ll take care of the problem for us." This other person wrote, "I'm a gay man and this is beyond appalling. Makes me so sick. I want to throw up."

The two boys were adopted by the Zulocks, who resided in Oxford, a wealthy Atlanta suburb, from a Christian special-needs adoption agency. The boys were in third and fourth grade when their adoptive fathers were arrested last summer.

According to an affidavit obtained by the Daily Wire, the government employee acknowledged forcing one of his sons to engage in oral sex with him "with the intent to satisfy his own … sexual desire." On the other hand, the banker acknowledged sending many people images of child sex abuse. William and Zachary, who have both entered not guilty pleas, would each face more than nine life sentences if found guilty.

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