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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
John Raby

Trial starts for West Virginia couple accused of subjecting their 5 children to forced labor

Children Home Alone West Virginia - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

A witness broke down in tears as she described children carrying heavy objects on hilly terrain at the home of a West Virginia couple who were later arrested after two of their five adopted children were found locked in an outbuilding.

The trial of Jeanne Kay Whitefeather and Donald Ray Lantz began Tuesday on more than a dozen counts that include forced labor, civil rights violations, human trafficking and gross child neglect.

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