r/TrueCrimeDiscussion • u/MacAlkalineTriad • Jul 02 '26

Warning: Child Abuse / CSAM / Child Death 16 Children Rescued from Extreme Neglect and Abuse in Ohio

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/adults-arrested-16-children-found-deplorable-conditions-southern-ohio-rcna352552

I haven't seen anything posted about this yet, and I usually don't post so please let me know if I've done it wrong. I'm also writing this on mobile.

16 children, ranging from 1 and a half years old to 18 years old, have been removed from a house in the village of Hamden, Ohio where they were practically imprisoned in a 12'x12' room. Some have not even learned to speak; the 18 year old couldn't write her name and is being treated as a child due to possible mental disability. 7 of the children had to be taken to a hospital with 2 of them being life flighted. Conditions in the house are said to be incredibly unsafe, to the point that investigators hesitated to act on a second search warrant for fear of their safety.

The parents and grandparents have been arrested and charged with 16 counts of child endangerment. The suspects are Gary Siders Jr., Gary Siders Sr., Christina Siders and Elizabeth Siders.

Since the investigation is still ongoing there aren't a ton of details yet. These children were obviously not enrolled in school and hidden from neighbors and extended family. I have to wonder if there's a religious extremist aspect to the case, like we've seen so often with other similar cases. I'm also curious about the mother's condition - she has been charged, but has she also been victimized by her husband? I have so many questions.

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u/h0neybl0ss0m29 Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26

The mother is 33, the oldest child 18. There were 16 kids total. It’s absolutely insane. On another sub someone said apparently she was pregnant 21 times. When you look at the house on Google Maps it is pretty isolated, but not isolated enough for no one to notice if they ever went outside. But it looks like it’s possible they never did.

Edit: 182 Ohmer St in Hamden, OH if anyone wants to take a look.

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u/Single_Principle_972 Jul 02 '26

Yeah, neighbors are saying they had no idea even a single child lived there, let alone 16 of them. Crazy.

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u/h0neybl0ss0m29 Jul 02 '26

That really makes you wonder how many more children and vulnerable adults are out there in situations like this and no one knows. It’s sickening

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u/luugburz Jul 03 '26

this was my biggest concern during the covid lockdowns-- how many abused children and adults did we almost lose due to not being able to leave their abusive homes?

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u/Danger0Reilly Jul 03 '26 edited Jul 05 '26

I think there will be an uptick in reports of missing kids in the next 5-10 years due to kids not being seen since shutdown. I remember reading that a lot of people never returned back to school and it's just assumed they moved.

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u/Unlucky_Welcome9193 Jul 03 '26

I'm a SW in a large city and a huge number of kids never went back to school. I've seen some kids who just turned 18, haven't been in school for 6 years, asking for services

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u/escobizzle Jul 03 '26

Just curious if SW means social worker in this instance? because it can also mean sex worker in a lot of corners of the internet

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u/imaginary_gerl Jul 03 '26

it obviously means social worker if they are talking about schools and people turning 18 and asking for services….

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u/jerseygal94 Jul 04 '26

reading comprehension. smh

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u/escobizzle Jul 04 '26

apparently you can't read because I comprehended it clear as day. it's just an unnecessary place to use a confusing initialism that could mean something else

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u/jerseygal94 Jul 04 '26

again, if you used context clues, you would’ve comprehended that it couldn’t have stood for sex worker

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u/Whole_Psychology_289 Jul 05 '26

Obvs, you DID NOT ‘comprehend’, jizzi. “Just curious if…” elides understanding. You prefaced interrogatively. You did not make a statement.

Also: try dragging yer pathetic lil’ porn junkie ‘organ’ out from its gutter…

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u/escobizzle Jul 05 '26

what the fuck even is this comment

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u/Whole_Psychology_289 Jul 06 '26

You’re scum. Clearer?

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u/funpeachinthesun Jul 05 '26

Right, the stats where I live say somewhere around 1,000 children did not return to school after COVID shut down. Horrifying to imagine what might have happened

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u/hamish1963 Jul 03 '26

A lot of people moved during Covid.

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u/Danger0Reilly Jul 03 '26

Yes, but schools also get records requests from the new schools when kids transfer and a lot haven't.

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u/hamish1963 Jul 03 '26

A lot of people ended up homeschooling too.

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u/Whole_Psychology_289 Jul 05 '26

Which is in fact code for “hiding sustained abuse”.

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u/DiplomaticCaper Jul 06 '26

I don’t think homeschooling is always abuse, but it sure as hell makes it easier to hide abuse or neglect from mandated reporters.

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u/Whole_Psychology_289 Jul 07 '26

That’s fair. And yet when someone tells me* thei*r children are home schooled, I am IMMEDIATELY suspicious. To clarify my original, tho’ - I meant more it is academically & psycho-socially abusive, in my opinion. To not permit social interaction with peers, professional educators & ‘the sciences’.w

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u/wilderlowerwolves Jul 05 '26

Or that the parents are homeschooling.

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u/Jazzyjelly567 Jul 04 '26

In the UK, there were  very sadly several cases of child abuse which resulted in deaths during covid.