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Whitefeather denies sending incriminating texts about treatment of children
Under lengthy cross-examination Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2025, Jeanne Kay Whitefeather, 62, denied that racist and incriminating ...
'Don't call her my mother, please. That's my only request to you,' teen asks on the stand
In gripping testimony that lasted nearly three hours, a teenage firlThe teen, who was 16 at the time of Jeanne Whitefeather ...
Teenager describes tumultuous life at trial of adoptive parents accused of neglect and forced labor
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A teenager whose discovery in a locked shed led to the arrest of her adoptive parents testified ...
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'My babies': Adoptive mom testifies in self-defense in child abuse trial
Jeanne Kay Whitefeather, 62, testified in her own defense Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 21, 2025, as the trial for child abuse ...
White mother accused of treating Black adopted kids as ‘slaves’ said they liked being kept in barn, trial told
White mother accused of treating Black adopted kids as ‘slaves’ said they liked being kept in barn, trial told - Jeanne ...
Trial starts for West Virginia couple accused of subjecting their 5 children to forced labor
Trial has started for a West Virginia couple accused of subjecting their five children to forced labor and locking two of ...
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'Blamed for every last thing': Jury sees deputies get kids out of Sissonville shed
On the third day of the child abuse trial of Jeanne Kay Whitefeather, 62, and Donald Ray Lantz, 61, the jury saw surveillance ...
Trial hears Black adopted children of white couple were made to sleep on cardboard and were monitored by cameras
A West Virginia jury heard how the adopted children of Jeanne Whitefeather and Donald Lantz were forced to sleep on the cold concrete floor, sometimes on cardboard, locked inside a barn outside their ...