West Virginia Couple Who Adopted Five Black Children Arrested for Allegedly Locking Children in Shed and Using Them as Slaves

A couple in West Virginia allegedly forced their adopted black children to work as slaves and were locked in a barn, according to a police report.

The New York Post reported Jeanne Kay Whitefeather, 62, and Donald Ray Lantz have been charged with over a dozen charges that include using children in forced labor, human trafficking of a minor, and child neglect.

Whitefeather and Lantz were first arrested in 2023 after a wellness check led to the discovery that two of their adopted children...