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    W.Va. couple allegedly used adopted Black children as ‘slaves,’ judge says

    By Natalie Miller,

    2 days ago
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    A couple in West Virginia was arrested and face trial after some of their adopted children were allegedly found locked in a building.

    Donald Ray Lantz and Jeanne Kay Whitefeather are charged with civil rights violations, human trafficking and forced labor.

    A judge says the indictment alleges the children were used as ‘’slaves.’’ The couple adopted five Black children from a shelter to do forced labor and live in deplorable conditions, NBC News reports.

    Two teens were found in a shed next to the couple’s home last October and a 9-year-old girl was alone in a loft at the house, the AP reports.

    Whitefeather and Lantz are being held in jail in Kanawha County on $500,000 bail, according to court records. They both pleaded not guilty.

    They face a September trial.

    The Associated Press contributed to this story.

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