The human trafficking, child abuse and forced labor trial for Sissonville couple Jeanne Whitefeather and Donald Lantz will continue Tuesday.

New security footage took a jury inside the shed attached to a Sissonville barn days before kids were found locked inside. The State of West Virginia vs Donald

Jeanne Whitefeather, 62, and Donald Ray Lantz, 61, are charged with human trafficking, child abuse and forced child labor

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The white couple from West Virginia accused of locking their adopted black kids in barn also forced them into grueling manual labor, a court hear on Tuesday as their trial kicked off.

Trial has started for a West Virginia couple accused of subjecting their five children to forced labor and locking two of them in an outbuilding. Jeanne Whitefeather and Donald Lantz

In Charleston, West Virginia, the trial of Jeanne Kay Whitefeather and Donald Ray Lantz has commenced amid harrowing allegations of forced child labor and neglect. The couple, facing charges including human trafficking and civil rights violations,

Judge Maryclaire Akers and the 12-member jury continued hearing state witnesses’ testimony after they reconvened after lunch Tuesday afternoon. After they reconvened, the first state witness, Joyce Bailey continued her testimony answering questions from Jeanne Whitefeather’s attorney Michael Plants and Donald Lantz’s attorney John Balenovich.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A teenager whose discovery in a locked shed led to the arrest of her adoptive parents testified Friday that she and her siblings lived tumultuous lives in substandard conditions, including being forced to sleep on the floor and use buckets as toilets.