The couple was arrested in October 2023 after neighbors saw Lantz lock the oldest girl and her teenage brother in a shed and leave the property. A deputy used a crowbar to get them out.

The mother of children who were found locked in a Sissonville barn was found guilty on all charges and the father guilty of all but four in a child abuse and fo

Jury deliberations are approaching after the nearly three-week trial for Jeanne Whitefeather and Donald Lantz.

A jury on Wednesday found a couple guilty of human trafficking and child neglect in Kanawha County, with the mother also found guilty of civil rights violations.

Donald Lantz took the stand testifying in his own defense. Lantz and his wife Jeanne Whitefeather have been on trial for seven days after the discovery of two adopted teens found in a shed in Sissonville led to the couple being accused in a 20-count indictment.

The State of West Virginia vs Donald Lantz and Jeanne Whitefeather entered day three of the trial on Thursday. The prosecutors showed the jury camera footage from the final 48 hours before deputies arrested Lantz and Whitefeather on Oct. 2, 2023.

A man from Kanawha County was arrested on sex trafficking charges. According to a press release, 48-year-old Tiwan Robert Bailey, also known as “Quick,” of

A woman accused with her husband of forcing their adopted children to perform hard labor denied confining two of the children to a shed

Jeanne Kay Whitefeather and Donald Ray Lantz went on trial in mid-January and each faced over a dozen counts, including forced labor, civil rights violations, human trafficking and child neglect

A West Virginia couple accused of neglect and forced labor involving their adopted children was convicted by a jury on Wednesday after eight hours of deliberations. Jeanne Kay Whitefeather and Donald Ray Lantz went on trial in mid-January and each faced over a dozen counts,

A West Virginia mother denied forcing two of ... civil rights violations, human trafficking and gross child neglect. Whitefeather and Lantz were arrested in October 2023 when neighbors reported ...

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.