Jeanne Whitefeather and Donald Lantz are both accused in a 20-count indictment alleging charges of human trafficking, child abuse and forced child labor along with civil rights violations that stem from the October 2023 discovery of children locked in a shed in Sissonville. They lived in Washington before moving to Sissonville with their five adopted children. A motion was filed by the Kanawha County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office to allow the evidence of abuse in Washington to be used in trial. The adopted children are black, and it’s been the argument from prosecutors that the two targeted the children because of their race to later use them for forced labor. Jury selection in the trial is set to begin today. The trial is expected to take two weeks.