Jury convicts West Virginia couple accused of neglect, forced labor involving their adopted children

West Virginia couple convicted of forced labor, human trafficking of adopted kids in WA

A West Virginia couple accused of neglect and forced labor involving their adopted children was convicted by a jury on Wednesday after eight hours of deliberations. Jeanne Kay Whitefeather and Donald Ray Lantz went on trial in mid-January and each faced over a dozen counts, including forced labor, civil rights violations, human trafficking and child neglect. The couple, who are white, were accused of mistreating their children — all of whom are …

A Western Virginia jury convicted a couple accused of neglect and forced labour with their adopted children, including locking some of them in a shed, forcing them to sleep on the floor and using buckets as toilets. The jury deliberated for eight hours before reaching a verdict on Wednesday at the trial of Jeanne Kay Whitefeather and Donald Ray Lantz. The white couple was accused of abusing their children, all of them black. In mid-January they …

White couple convicted of forced labour, human trafficking of adopted Black kids

Jeanne Whitefeather and Donald Ray Lantz were accused of mistreating their children — all of whom are Black

A jury has convicted a West Virginia couple accused of neglect and forced labor involving their adopted children

A jury has convicted a West Virginia couple accused of neglect and forced labor involving their adopted children.

Couple found guilty in Sissonville abuse trial

You can watch a replay of the Prosecuting Attorney's Office's press conference here. CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) - The jury has found a couple accused of abusing and human trafficking their adoptive children guilty following a week-and-a-half-long trial. State, defense give closing arguments in Sissonville abuse trial Wednesday marked the 11th day of the trial against Donald Lantz and Jeanne Whitefeather, who were arrested in October 2023 after …

Jury Convicts West Virginia Couple Of Child Neglect, Forced Labor, And Human Trafficking After Horrific Discovery Of Abused Kids

A couple from West Virginia, accused of treating their adopted children like “slaves” and forcing them to live in deplorable conditions, have been convicted. The case, which shocked the community, has finally come to a conclusion after a lengthy trial. The Trial and Convictions Jeanne Kay Whitefeather, 62, and Donald Ray Lantz, 61, faced a series of child neglect charges stemming from their treatment of five adopted children. After a week-long t…