06-10-2023, 05:25 PM
Amelia Neath
Thu, 5 October 2023 at 11:54 pm
A couple have been arrested after officers found two of their adopted children locked away inside a barn and a third child alone in a loft in West Virginia
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Donald Ray Lantz, 61 and his partner Jeanne Whitefeather, 61, were both arrested on felony charges of gross child neglect creating a substantial risk of injury
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Deputies forced their way into the barn to find a 16-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy, in dirty clothes, locked away in the 20 by 14-foot room.
The boy, who was also not wearing shoes, appeared to have sores on his feet
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“The children had no means to exit the barn on their own, no running water, no bathroom facilities, and were obviously deprived of adequate hygienic care and food,”
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“It’s a pretty bad case,” Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Josh Lester told ABC. “You know, any type of situation like this is not really comparable to this horrific condition. It’s just not how you want or how you would expect children to be raised or taken care of.”
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Ms Whitefeather allegedly admitted to deputies that the children were left in the shed and said "they like it,"
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/couple-accused...41886.html
Thu, 5 October 2023 at 11:54 pm
A couple have been arrested after officers found two of their adopted children locked away inside a barn and a third child alone in a loft in West Virginia
......
Donald Ray Lantz, 61 and his partner Jeanne Whitefeather, 61, were both arrested on felony charges of gross child neglect creating a substantial risk of injury
......
Deputies forced their way into the barn to find a 16-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy, in dirty clothes, locked away in the 20 by 14-foot room.
The boy, who was also not wearing shoes, appeared to have sores on his feet
......
“The children had no means to exit the barn on their own, no running water, no bathroom facilities, and were obviously deprived of adequate hygienic care and food,”
......
“It’s a pretty bad case,” Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Josh Lester told ABC. “You know, any type of situation like this is not really comparable to this horrific condition. It’s just not how you want or how you would expect children to be raised or taken care of.”
......
Ms Whitefeather allegedly admitted to deputies that the children were left in the shed and said "they like it,"
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/couple-accused...41886.html