The mother identified as Zaikiya Duncan appeared at an extradition hearing Thursday, where a judge said Harris County has 30 days to extradite her back to the Houston area.
A mother connected to a sad case of potential child abuse went before a judge in Louisiana Thursday morning to determine when she will be brought back to Texas.
The mother has been identified as 40-year-old Zaikiya Duncan and her boyfriend is 27-year-old Jova Terrell. ABC13 uncovered the video showing twin 16-year-olds going to a neighbor's home for help in Cypress. Deputies said they had been handcuffed. That led to the search for their mother, her boyfriend, and their siblings in Baton Rouge.Duncan and Terrell, along with five children, were at the center of an Amber Alert issued on Tuesday. They were eventually all found in Louisiana, and the adults were arrested.The woman's 16-year-old twins -- a boy and a girl -- were captured at about 5:30 a.m.
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