Kansas City, Mo. – Police said Wednesday they were trying to determine how many donations were received by a couple accused of falsely claiming they were the new parents of sextuplets.
Sarah and Kris Everson of Grain Valley admitted the scam when questioned by police, authorities said, and expressed no remorse. They could face criminal charges for collecting cash and other gifts.
Police Chief Aaron Ambrose said detectives would seek records on donations made through a bank fund set up for the Eversons, a post-office box for mailed gifts and an online PayPal account that allowed visitors to a website to give money.
The births were said to have happened in March. The Eversons’ story was printed Monday on the front of The Examiner in Independence with a photograph of the couple holding six one-piece baby outfits.
Sarah Everson, 45, showed off the tiny nursery ready for her four boys and two girls, awaiting their discharge from intensive care, and told a reporter of surgeries two babies would undergo.
“I want to be with them all the time,” she said, breaking into tears.
Authorities said the woman and her 33-year-old husband were questioned Tuesday by police and came clean.
