A white West Virginia couple found guilty of forcing their five adopted Black children to work as "slaves" on their farm were sentenced to hundreds of years in prison.
Jeanne Kay Whitefeather, 63, was sentenced Wednesday to 215 years in prison.
The couple adopted the children from a shelter for homeless and vulnerable youths.
The children said they slept on the concrete floor and had been locked inside for about 12 hours before they were found.
An indictment alleged that the couple targeted the children for forced labor because of their race.
“Now, at my new home, I see that everything was not right with Jeanne and Donald,” the child’s impact statement said.
Whitefeather and Lantz were ordered to pay $280,000 in restitution apiece to the victims, WSAZ reported. »
