Donald Ray Lantz, 61, was composed Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, as he testified about the struggles he and his wife, Jeanne Kay ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A forensic psychologist testified for the defense Friday afternoon in the child abuse/trafficking trial ...

A white mother accused of forcing her adopted Black children to work as 'slaves' with her husband, who is also white, has ...

Local psychologist Timothy Saar testified about the mental health diagnoses of the oldest adopted son of Jeanne Kay ...

They were arrested in 2023 on felony child abuse charges related to allegations that they locked two of their four adopted children in a Sissonville shed. Among other charges, prosecutors allege ...

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

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A teenager whose discovery in a locked shed led to the arrest of her adoptive parents testified ...

Trial has started for a West Virginia couple accused of subjecting their five children to forced labor and locking two of ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The second defendant in an ongoing Kanawha County trial of the Sissonville couple indicted on 20-counts of child neglect, human trafficking, and civil rights violation-related ...

The trial for Jeanne Kay Whitefeather and Donald Ray Lantz began Tuesday morning in Kanawha County, West Virginia on Jan. 14, ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A woman accused with her husband of forcing children they adopted while living in Minnesota to ...

A West Virginia mother denied forcing two of their adopted children to stay in a shed despite police locating them in the ...