In Charleston, West Virginia, Jeanne Kay Whitefeather and her husband Donald Ray Lantz are on trial, accused of exploiting four of their adopted Black children for labor and confining them in harsh conditions.

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Trial Starts for West Virginia Couple Accused of Subjecting Their 5 Children to Forced Labor CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A witness broke down in tears as she described children carrying heavy ...

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(AP) — A witness broke down in tears as she described children carrying heavy objects on hilly terrain at the home of a West Virginia couple who were later ... more than a dozen counts that include forced labor, civil rights violations, human trafficking ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Trial has started for a West Virginia couple accused of subjecting their five children to forced labor and locking two of them in an outbuilding. Jeanne Whitefeather and ...

(AP) — A witness broke down in tears as she described children carrying heavy objects on hilly terrain at the home of a West Virginia couple ... that include forced labor, civil rights ...