Jeanne Kay Whitefeather, 63, and Donald Lantz, 62, were found guilty of forced labor, human trafficking, and child abuse and neglect in January West Virginia Regional Jail/Correctional Facility ...

Exploring the deep-seated distrust of the child welfare system within the Black community, rooted in a history of racial bias and systemic inequities.

“May God have mercy on your souls because this court will not,” a judge told the white couple convicted for abusing adopted Black children. A white West Virginia couple has been sentenced to ...

On Wednesday, Jeanne Kay Whitefeather, 63, was sentenced to 215 years in prison for forced labor, human trafficking, child abuse and neglect, and violating the children's civil rights, according to a ...

The white couple were found guilty on more than 30 charges after allegedly forcing their adopted Black children to work heavy labor while spending much of their time in a 20'x14' shed with no ...

A white couple from West Virginia were collectively sentenced to 375 years in prison for forcing their five adopted black children to work on their farm as “slaves” while being berated with ...

A white West Virginia couple convicted of abusing their five adopted Black children and forcing them to work as slaves was sentenced to up to 375 years collectively in state prison. Jeanne ...

A white West Virginia couple was sentenced to decades in prison this week for abusing some of their adopted children, who are Black, including by forcing them to perform heavy labor like "slaves." ...

The white couple convicted of treating their adopted Black children as "slaves" received century-long prison sentences. A West Virginia couple convicted of abusing their adopted Black children and ...