CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A teenager whose discovery in a locked shed led to the arrest of her adoptive parents testified Friday that she and her siblings lived tumultuous lives in substandard conditions, including being forced to sleep on the floor and use buckets as toilets. The oldest daughter’s testimony wrapped the first week in the trial of Jeanne Kay Whitefeather and Donald Ray Lantz, who are accused of mistreating their five adopted child…

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Teenager describes tumultuous life at trial of adoptive parents accused of neglect and forced labor

A teenager whose discovery in a locked shed at her West Virginia home led to the arrest of her adoptive parents has taken the stand in the couple's trial

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A teenager whose discovery in a locked shed at her West Virginia home led to the arrest of her adoptive parents has taken the stand in the couple's trial. The

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A teenager whose discovery in a locked shed led to the arrest of her adoptive parents testified Friday that she and her siblings lived tumultuous lives in substandard conditions, including being forced to sleep on the floor and use buckets as toilets.The oldest daughter's testimony wrapped the first week in the trial of Jeanne Kay Whitefeather and Donald Ray Lantz, who are accused of mistreating their five adopted children, all of whom are Black…

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KANAWHA COUNTY, WV (WOWK) - The trial of a Sissonville couple accused of human trafficking reached a tipping point on day four. In The State of West Virginia vs Donald Lantz and Jeanne Whitefeather, the prosecutors called one of the adoptive children to the stand. She was one of the two kids found by deputies locked in a barn on Oct. 2, 2023. The court has requested this child's name or face not be disclosed. The prosecutors asked her to recolle…

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'Do not call her my mother': Teenager testifies against former adoptive parents in trial

A Florida children’s author – known for penning stories about friendship – was charged alongside her husband for abusing and neglecting their adopted children, authorities said. Jennifer Wolfthal, the author of “A Real Friend,” and her husband, Joseph Wolfthal, an engineer for Lockheed Martin, pleaded guilty on Jan. 13 to aggravated child abuse and neglect of a child with great bodily harm, according to plea agreements obtained by Fox News Digit…

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The oldest adopted daughter of Jeanne Kay Whitefeather, 62, and Donald Ray Lantz, 61, testified against the Sissonville, West Virginia couple about her abuse on the fourth day of their trial in Kanawha County (West Virginia) Circuit Court, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025.

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'I won't have to go back': Oldest daughter testifies in Sissonville abuse trial

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A teenager whose discovery in a locked shed led to the arrest of her adoptive parents testified Friday that she and her siblings lived tumultuous lives in substandard conditions, including being forced to sleep on the floor and use buckets as toilets. The oldest daughter's testimony wrapped the first week in

Teenager describes tumultuous life at trial of adoptive parents accused of neglect and forced labor

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