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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The couple's children said they often went for months without bathing and were seriously malnourished, the arrest report allegedSeminole County Jennifer and Joseph WolfthalA Florida-based children’s book author and her husband are heading to prison after pleading guilty to abusing their adopted children.On Monday, Jan. 13, Jennifer and Joseph Wolfthal pleaded guilty to aggravated child abuse and neglect of a child with great bodily harm, accordi…

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A children's book author from Florida, known for writing stories about girlfriends, and her husband, an engineer at Lockheed Martin, pleaded guilty this week to charges of seriously abusing their three adopted children

סופרת ספרי ילדים מפלורידה, שנודעה בכתיבת סיפורים על חברות, ובעלה, מהנדס בחברת לוקהיד מרטין, הודו השבוע באשמת התעללות חמורה בשלושת ילדיהם המאומצים

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US shock: Children's author convicted of running a 'house of horrors' and abused her children

A Florida couple has been sentenced to prison for abusing their adopted children, causing severe injuries and inflicting emotional trauma. Jennifer Wolfthal, 45, and Joseph Wolfthal, 43, pleaded guilty to multiple charges of aggravated child abuse and child neglect. Jennifer Wolfthal was sentenced to 12… Florida Couple Sentenced To Prison For Severely Abusing Adopted Children

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Florida Couple Sentenced To Prison For Severely Abusing Adopted Children

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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Children's Book Author Sentenced After Abusing Adoptive Children to the Point of Organ Failure

Children's Book Author Sentenced After Abusing Adoptive Children to the Point of Organ Failure

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