Jeanne Whitefeather, 63, was sentenced to up to 215 years. Donald Lantz, 62, was sentenced to up to 160 years, the Kanawha County Prosecuting Attorney said.

A West Virginia couple convicted of the mistreatment of their adopted children, including locking some in a shed, received maximum sentences of decades in prison.

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 West Virginia couple convicted of abusing their adopted Black children and treating them as slaves has each been sentenced to more than a century in prison. The Independent reports that Jeanne ...

C HARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia couple received the maximum sentences of decades in prison Wednesday for abusing their adoptive children, which included heavy labor, locking them in ...

Jeanne Kay Whitefeather is led away after being sentenced to up to 215 years ... CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A West Virginia couple received the maximum sentences of decades in prison Wednesday for ...