In a chilling case that has sent shockwaves across the nation, Jeanne Kay Whitefeather (63) and Donald Ray Lantz (63), a white couple from West Virginia, were sentenced to a combined 375 years in prison for subjecting five Black children to unspeakable horrors under the guise of adoption. ⚖️💔The prosecutors unveiled a harrowing tale of abuse that defies belief. The children, taken in under the pretense of providing a loving home, were instead treated like slaves. They were beaten, starved, and forced to live in squalid conditions, locked away in a shed where they were deprived of basic human rights. The couple subjected them to grueling, forced labor and subjected them to daily doses of racial slurs, humiliation, and torture. 😞The children lived in constant fear, trapped in a nightmare of suffering that no child should ever endure. When police finally rescued them, they were found malnourished, bruised, and terrified — their spirits shattered, but their resilience a testament to their will to survive. This case has become a stark reminder of the cruelty and evil that can lurk behind the supposedly safe and loving institution of adoption.The judge described the crime as “pure evil hidden behind the disguise of adoption.” Whitefeather was sentenced to 215 years, while Lantz received 160 years — one of the most severe child abuse sentences in U.S. history. 🇺🇸Though justice was delayed, it has been served. The horrors these children endured can never be undone, but their story has become a beacon of awareness, shedding light on the need for greater vigilance and intervention in the adoption system. This case reminds us all that the fight for justice is far from over and that even in 2025, the shadows of abuse and racism can still exist.