Adopted for Slavery and Abuse | Trial Update of Jeanne Kay Whitefeather and Donald Ray Lantz

A neighbor heard something strange coming from a shed. Deputies arrived and a girl answered from the other side of the locked metal doors: “We can’t open it.”

Inside, they found two barefoot, filthy, terrified teenagers. Five Black siblings, adopted by a white couple, were rescued that day from what prosecutors would later call one of the most disturbing cases of child torture, trafficking, and abuse in West Virginia history.

In this episode, we’re bringing you the trial and sentencing update in the case of Jeanne Whitefeather and Donald Lantz—the so-called “parents” who treated children like machines.

Listen to the initial case here:
Mid-week Mini | Adopted Washington Parents Enslave and Abuse Children and Evade CPS | Donald Lantz and Jeanne Whitefeather
https://murderandlove.com/mid-week-mini-adopted-washington-parents-enslave-and-abuse-children-and-evade-cps-donald-lantz-and-jeanne-whitefeather/

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