EVERY NEW DETAIL IS MORE DISTURBING THAN THE LAST..! – SHOCKING REVELATIONS CONTINUE TO SURFACE FROM THE OHIO HOUSE OF HORRORS AS THE CHILDREN’S ORDEAL COMES INTO FOCUS.
The mom of 16 children rescued from a house of horrors, living like ‘feral animals,’ once gave birth to conjoined twins, new state records reveal.
Sixteen children have been rescued from a squalid, crumbling home where they were “kept in worse conditions than livestock.” Authorities have referred to the alleged crimes as an ‘intrafamily’ case, suggesting some of the children may have been born from incestual relationships within the family.
Officials say the children, aged from 18 months to 18 years old, “looked like feral animals” with four adults, Gary Siders Jr, Gary Siders Sr, Christina Siders and Elizabeth Siders, believed to be the parents and grandparents, now facing charges.
Prosecutor William Archer said the caretakers were responsible for inflicting “serious physical harm”. Fresh records uncovered about the case reveal that Elizabeth Siders delivered daughters Bailey Lee and Faith Lee Siders at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, in 2022. They were born with a condition known as thoracopagus, where their faces and chests were fused together.
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They sadly died later that day, according to the records.
Deputies were met with a horrifying scene, with all the children confined to a dilapidated three-and-a-half square meter structure covered in human excrement. The shocking conditions, which the children reportedly suffered through for four years, were characterized as “pure evil,” by Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson.
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Police say the children, aged from 18 months to 18 years, “looked like feral animals.”(Image: Samantha Madar/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
Wilson stated the children existed in “conditions you cannot even imagine people being in, let alone children being in.
He noted that several children couldn’t communicate verbally, with investigators reporting that an 18-year-old found at the property was unable to write her name. Wilson stated: “It was terrible. They looked like almost feral animals. It was terrible.”
Two parents and two grandparents each face 17 counts of endangering children, a second-degree felony.
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Elizabeth Siders faces serious charges(Image: Police)
Vinton County Sheriff Ryan Cain expressed his horror at what was uncovered, stating: “Most of our livestock was kept in better conditions than the children.”
Seven of the children were transported to Columbus hospitals, with two needing emergency airlift.
Wilson confirmed that one child remained in critical condition on Tuesday, while the others were receiving medical care.
He stressed that the priority was addressing the children’s physical health, while also recognizing the profound psychological damage their extended captivity would have caused.
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Gary Siders Sr (pictured), 73, Christina Siders, 67, Gary Siders Jr, 36, and Elizabeth Siders, 33, have been charged with second-degree felony child endangering in the state of Ohio.(Image: Police)
Officials refused to detail how all the children were related to each other, but confirmed this was not a human trafficking case.
The four accused appeared in Vinton County Court of Common Pleas on Wednesday morning and are being held on $300,000 bail. Authorities suspect the Siders family has resided in multiple Ohio counties since 2008 and are investigating whether they had prior involvement with children’s services.
The four suspects have no connections to the local community, and investigators suspect they had been continuously moving to prevent establishing medical and government records.
“These folks were pretty good at hiding these kids,” Mr Wilson said.
Prosecutor Archer stated: “Our children deserve better from their parents, guardians, and custodians. No child should endure these kinds of conditions.
“My office will do everything in our power to make sure these children get the love and care they deserve. My office will prosecute these persons to the fullest extent of the law.”
The four accused appeared in Vinton County Court of Common Pleas on Wednesday morning and are being held on $300,000 bail. Authorities suspect the Siders family has resided in multiple Ohio counties since 2008 and are investigating whether they had prior involvement with children’s services.The shocking discovery occurred in the small community of Hamden, which has a population of under 1,000 and sits approximately 60 miles southeast of Columbus.
