'We were the voices for those kids': Sissonville neighbors feel validated by verdict
When Donald Lantz, Jeanne Whitefeather and their five adopted kids moved to Sissonville in May 2023 from Washington state, ...
Parents Who Locked Adopted Children in Barn, Forced Them to Work 'as Slaves' Convicted of Human Trafficking
The West Virginia couple, who is White, were accused of severely neglecting and mistreating their five adopted Black children ...
‘Weren’t there to be raised as children’: White couple forced adopted Black children to do hard labor and live in filthy shed
A white West Virginia couple was convicted of using their adopted Black children as "slaves," forcing them to work heavy ...
Reporter Anna Saunders discusses coverage of historic child abuse, human trafficking trial
After covering a high-profile case involving a Sissonville couple convicted of child abuse, forced labor and human ...
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‘Felt Like I Wasn’t Ever Going to Get Out’: West Virginia Couple Convicted of Enslaving Adopted Black Children—Forced Them to Dig with Bare Hands, Kept The…
After 12 days of harrowing testimony, jurors on Wednesday found a West Virginia couple guilty of child neglect and human ...
Couple found guilty of nearly all charges in Sissonville trafficking, force labor case
The mother of children who were found locked in a Sissonville barn was found guilty on all charges and the father guilty of all but four in a child abuse and fo ...
West Virginia couple convicted of forced labor, human trafficking of adopted kids
A West Virginia couple accused of neglect and forced labor involving their adopted children have been convicted by a jury ...
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Witness testimony complete on 9th day of Whitefeather, Lantz child abuse trial
Both sides have rested in the trial of Jeanne Whitefeather, 62, and Donald Ray Lantz, 61. The couple are charged with civil ...
Human trafficking task force member calls recent verdict a 'significant milestone'
Wednesday's human trafficiking convictions for Jeanne Whitefeather and Donald Lantz marked a majorEven before the guilty ...
Couple found guilty of child neglect, human trafficking
KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) – A jury on Wednesday found a couple guilty of human trafficking and child neglect in Kanawha ...
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Whitefeather, Lantz found guilty of most counts relating to treatment of kids
A Kanawha County, West Virginia jury found on, Jan. 29, 2025, Sissonville, West Virginia parents Jeanne Kay Whitefeather, 62, ...