A West Virginia couple accused of neglect and forced labor involving their adopted children have been convicted by a jury after eight hours of deliberation.

In West Virginia, there is not currently a state law against torture. After the verdict of a human trafficking trial in Kanawha County, advocates are hoping to change

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

The mother of children who were found locked in a Sissonville barn was found guilty on all charges and the father guilty of all but four in a child abuse and fo

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.

Kanawha County Prosecuting Attorney Debra Rusnak and Kanawha County Sherriff Joe Crawford came on 580 Live Thursday after the Sissonville couple, Jeanne Kay Whitefeather and Donald Ray Lantz were found guilty on 31 of 35 combined charges Wednesday night following an over two-week trial.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The 12-member jury in an ongoing trial for a Sissonville couple charged with 35 counts of human trafficking, forced labor, civil rights violations, gross child neglect, and child abuse found them guilty on nearly every charge.

Jury deliberations are approaching after the nearly three-week trial for Jeanne Whitefeather and Donald Lantz.

Another child is testifying against a Sissonville couple accused of human trafficking and child abuse in day five of the trial.

A man from Kanawha County was arrested on sex trafficking charges. According to a press release, 48-year-old Tiwan Robert Bailey, also known as “Quick,” of

A West Virginia couple accused of neglect and forced labor involving their adopted children was convicted by a jury on Wednesday after eight hours of deliberations. Jeanne Kay Whitefeather and Donald Ray Lantz went on trial in mid-January and each faced over a dozen counts,

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.