The couple each faced over a dozen counts involving their adopted children, including child neglect, civil rights violations, human trafficking, and forced outdoor labor - which the eldest says mostly occurred in Washington state.

Jeanne Kay Whitefeather was convicted of a forced labour, civil rights violations, human trafficking and child neglect. Her husband, Donald Ray Lantz, was found guilty on 12 counts out of 16. He was acquitted of four counts of civil rights violations.

A West Virginia couple, Jeanne Kay Whitefeather and Donald Ray Lantz, have been convicted of child neglect and forced labour. Accusations included mistreatment of their adopted Black children, locking them in a shed,

A West Virginia jury has convicted a couple who were accused of neglect and forced labor involving their adopted children, including locking some of them in a shed, forcing them to sleep on the floor and use buckets as toilets.