The couple each faced over a dozen counts involving their adopted children, including child neglect, civil rights violations, ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia couple accused of neglect and forced labor involving their adopted children was ...

In West Virginia, there is not currently a state law against torture. After the verdict of a human trafficking trial in ...

January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, and the Wheeling YWCA is hoping to get the word out on one of the only programs in West Virginia designe ...

Kanawha County Prosecuting Attorney Debra Rusnak and Kanawha County Sherriff Joe Crawford came on 580 Live Thursday after the ...

The mother of children who were found locked in a Sissonville barn was found guilty on all charges and the father guilty of ...

White couple accused of treating adopted Black kids as 'slaves' found guilty of forced labour, human trafficking - Jeanne ...

Jeanne Kay Whitefeather, 62, and Donald Ray Lantz, 61, went on trial earlier this month, each facing a slew of child neglect charges related to the treatment of their five adoptive children.

Jeanne Kay Whitefeather was convicted of a forced labour, civil rights violations, human trafficking and child neglect. Her ...