Human trafficking, forced labor trial to continue in Kanawha County this week
The human trafficking, child abuse and forced labor trial for Sissonville couple Jeanne Whitefeather and Donald Lantz will continue Tuesday.
YWCA of Wheeling Launches STEP Program to combat human trafficking and empower survivors
The YWCA of Wheeling is committed to fighting human trafficking and advocating for victims. During human trafficking ...
Barn surveillance footage shown to jury in day three of Sissonville human trafficking trial
New security footage took a jury inside the shed attached to a Sissonville barn days before kids were found locked inside.
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 ...
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West Virginia Couple on Trial for Child Labor
In Charleston, West Virginia, the trial of Jeanne Kay Whitefeather and Donald Ray Lantz has commenced amid harrowing ...
Teenager describes tumultuous life at trial of adoptive parents accused of neglect and forced labor
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A teenager whose discovery in a locked shed led to the arrest of her adoptive parents testified ...
Defense claims overwhelmed parents sought help for traumatized adopted kids
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — Prosecutors are working to convince a jury that a Sissonville couple targeted and abused their ...
Trial begins for Sissonville couple accused of locking children in barn
The prosecutors called their first witness on Tuesday. She was a neighbor who lived across from Lantz’s and Whitefeather’s barn in Sissonville where the adopted children were found locked in the barn.