Charleston Gazette-Mail1d
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 ...
West Virginia MetroNews6h
Jury deliberations for the Sissonville child abuse trial to begin Wednesday morning
CHARLESTON, W.Va. –The jury for the Sissonville couple charged with child abuse, neglect and human trafficking will start deliberating the case Wednesday morning. The jury heard closing arguments ...
Mother Accused of Forcing Adopted Children to Work as 'Slaves' Denies Locking Teens in Shed, Court Hears
Jeanne Kay Whitefeather took the stand on Tuesday, Jan. 21 after being arrested with her husband Donald Ray Lantz in October ...
West Virginia MetroNews1d
Trial for Sissonville child neglect trial to wrap up Tuesday; last witness gave testimony Monday
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A 12-member Kanawha County jury is expected to begin jury deliberations Tuesday in the trial of a ...
'Don't call her my mother, please. That's my only request to you,' teen asks on the stand
In gripping testimony that lasted nearly three hours, a teenage firlThe teen, who was 16 at the time of Jeanne Whitefeather ...
Charleston Gazette-Mail6d
Whitefeather denies sending incriminating texts about treatment of children
Under lengthy cross-examination Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2025, Jeanne Kay Whitefeather, 62, denied that racist and incriminating ...
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 ...
Mother on trial in West Virginia denies locking adopted teens in shed
A woman accused with her husband of forcing their adopted children to perform hard labor denied confining two of the children ...
White mother accused of treating Black adopted kids as ‘slaves’ said they liked being kept in barn, trial told
Jeanne Whitefeather, 62, and Donald Ray Lantz, 61, are charged with human trafficking, child abuse and forced child labor ...
Trial hears Black adopted children of white couple were made to sleep on cardboard and were monitored by cameras
A West Virginia jury heard how the adopted children of Jeanne Whitefeather and Donald Lantz were forced to sleep on the cold concrete floor, sometimes on cardboard, locked inside a barn outside their ...
KFGO6d
Mother who adopted children in Minnesota denies locking teens in West Virginia shed
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A woman accused with her husband of forcing children they adopted while living in Minnesota to ...
West Virginia mother on trial for locking adopted teenagers in shed denies allegations
A West Virginia mother denied forcing two of their adopted children to stay in a shed despite police locating them in the shed behind a locked door.