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A West Virginia couple is facing charges of human trafficking, child neglect, forced labor and more after, prosecutors allege, they adopted five Black children from a shelter to do forced labor and live in deplorable conditions. Jeanne Whitefeather, 62, and Donald Lantz, 63, allegedly adopted the children, ages 6 to 16, from a shelter for homeless and vulnerable youth, targeting them for forced labor specifically because of their race, according to the 16-count indictment.
The two children in the barn, aged 14 and 16, said they’d been locked inside for about 12 hours when they were found and were forced to sleep on the bare concrete floor according to the indictment. Court documents stated that the children were dirty, had a strong body odor, and the 14-year-old had “open sores on his bare feet.” “Neighbors also reported that the children were forced to perform farm labor and were not permitted inside the residence,” WVMN reported, citing the filing.
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