Summary
A West Virginia couple, Jeanne Kay Whitefeather and Donald Lantz, received prison sentences of 215 and 160 years, respectively, for forcing their five adopted Black children into slave labor.
Authorities discovered the abuse after a welfare check revealed children locked in a shed without water or sanitation.
The couple, charged with human trafficking, child neglect, and forced labor, targeted the children because of their race.
The court ordered them to pay $280,000 in restitution each.
Burned, then shot
“Ow! You shot me! Now I’m very badly burned, and have been shot!”
I’m still down here and still in quite a lot of pain. Maybe someone could call an ambulance? The pain is really quite severe… I’ve fashioned a makeshift splint, here goes nothing!