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42. The youngest 6 were 3 sets of twins, and their mother was raped at 15 (or 14)

Thu Jul 2, 2026, 03:32 PM

10 hrs ago

https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/central-ohio-news/what-we-know-about-vinton-county-family-after-16-children-rescued-from-horrific-conditions/

NBC4 learned from court records that the ages of the children are 18, 16, 15, 14, 13, 11, 10, 8, 6, 5, 4 (twins), 2 (twins) and 1.5 years (twins).

Age 15 is below the age of consent anywhere in the U.S. (right? I am not a lawyer but I sure as hell hope that's true).

And depending when into her 15th year ... perhaps the rape occurred when she was 14.

Given that the article at the OP link says

Officials said as the investigation has progressed, they have learned that members of the Siders family have lived in multiple Ohio counties since 2008.

Investigators said they believe the family largely avoided establishing medical and other government records during that time.

... I wonder if they were anti-government, anti-family-planning-of-any-sort types. Yikes. Those poor kids. And I do feel for the mother Elizabeth, who clearly had her childhood stolen from her and probably saw no way out of this mess.

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Ohio AG: 'Almost indescribable', details released about scene after 16 children found in 'deplorable' conditions [View all] dalton99a Wednesday OP

I thought it would be ICE detention. ananda Wednesday #1

Me, too! ShazzieB Wednesday #12

"Intra family sutuation" cops said BlueWaveNeverEnd Wednesday #2

I feel so bad for those kids, and probably for the women on the left obamanut2012 Wednesday #3

Did you read the March 2024 Atlantic Mag article on DNA tracing & incest? irisblue Wednesday #7

Yes! It was terrible obamanut2012 20 hrs ago #38

The younger woman is listed at 33. LisaL Wednesday #25

The older woman would have been 49 at his birth. Authorities Maru Kitteh Wednesday #36

If the younger woman is the mother of all these kids, LisaL Wednesday #37

The youngest 6 were 3 sets of twins, and their mother was raped at 15 (or 14) RandomNumbers 10 hrs ago #42

West Virginia let them get married when she was 15 and he was 19. LisaL 10 hrs ago #43

The girl's parents signed off, as did the judge RandomNumbers 10 hrs ago #44

Well, she was definetely pregnant because baby appeared LisaL 10 hrs ago #47

I googled it. LisaL 10 hrs ago #45

This does not appear to be a case of incest. LisaL 11 hrs ago #41

Like a horror movie. dalton99a Wednesday #5

what an absolute horror show LymphocyteLover Wednesday #18

Looks like narcotics might have played a role. Laffy Kat Wednesday #31

All of them look JustAnotherGen Wednesday #33

transients Blue Full Moon Wednesday #4

They all lived in OH. LisaL Wednesday #23

They moved around another article stated that they were Blue Full Moon Wednesday #26

Yet another article said they lived there for four years. LisaL Wednesday #32

Vinton County, Ohio demographics. yardwork Wednesday #6

Good lord. I just found out my brother (a minister) is moving to that part of OHIO Wiz Imp Wednesday #8

Exactly WinstonSmith4740 Wednesday #11

Southeast Ohio. SergeStorms Wednesday #13

of course rightwing media will find some way to blame this on the left, assuming they talk about it LymphocyteLover Wednesday #17

Of course. SergeStorms Wednesday #21

"small town values" are highly overrated Skittles Wednesday #14

No he didn't and it's more than a few counties. Blue Full Moon Wednesday #27

I have a friend who lived in Vinton County oberle Wednesday #35

Those poor kids. I hope (for them) that they find a way to thrive in this world. chowder66 Wednesday #9

Seems pretty clear these kids will have a lot of issues. LisaL Wednesday #34

Wonder if it will turn out the adults were part of or created their own brand of christian religious nut job. mwmisses4289 Wednesday #10

gods? Skittles Wednesday #15

You have to get a license to fish. SergeStorms Wednesday #16

There are no medical recoreds or schools records. No one knew they existed BlueWaveNeverEnd Wednesday #19

Yep. That's my point. SergeStorms Wednesday #22

I think what you are suggesting here is eugenics. LisaL Wednesday #24

Not at all. SergeStorms 12 hrs ago #40

Deport those monsters back to the shithole they came from IronLionZion Wednesday #20

This one woman had 16 kids, JFC (literally)... wcmagumba Wednesday #28

Considering she was raped at 15, maybe younger, thrown into marriage at 15 RandomNumbers 10 hrs ago #46

As far as I can tell, this would not qualify as a statutory rape in West Virginia, LisaL 8 hrs ago #48

Yeah I missed that there is the "age difference" component for it to be "statutory" RandomNumbers 7 hrs ago #49

Oops malaise Wednesday #29

Not a Haitian among them. yardwork Wednesday #30

....and yet gay texan 17 hrs ago #39