Trial starts for West Virginia couple accused of subjecting their 5 children to forced labor
Trial has started for a West Virginia couple accused of subjecting their five children to forced labor and locking two of ...
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 awareness month, the YWCA is highlighting the ...
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 ...
Abusive West Virginia parents forced adopted children into back breaking manual labor, court hears
The white couple from West Virginia accused of locking their adopted black kids in barn also forced them into grueling manual ...
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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 ...
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Maryland man gets 18 years for operating multi-state sex trafficking ring
A Maryland man who used the drug dependencies of multiple women to control and force them into commercial sex work, including ...
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Opening statements, witness testimony presented in first full day of Sissonville couple child abuse trial
Judge Maryclaire Akers and the 12-member jury continued hearing state witnesses’ testimony after they reconvened after lunch ...
Human trafficking, forced labor case underway in Kanawha County
A human trafficking, child abuse and forced labor case is underway in Kanawha County.Jeanne Whitefeather and Donald Lantz are ...