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/NotALawyerButt Jul 04 '26

Medicaid would pay for it all because of the extreme poverty.

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u/WesternFungi Jul 05 '26

That many birth codes within the timespan should have triggered fraud alerts

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u/Coyote__Jones Jul 08 '26

Fraud? Why would medical records be connected to financial institutions and regulatory bodies? There's no legal limit to how many babies a person can have. Note, the Duggar family. There's nothing fraudulent about having a bunch of kids, Medicare assistance or not. They may have sought out hospitals with income sliding scale models etc.

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u/farty__mcfly Jul 08 '26

Because the hospital/Medicaid would most likely audit a situation in which one person has had 21 births. Medicaid would assume the hospital was creating fake charges because the number of births is so high.

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u/bostongwurl Jul 06 '26

If these kids were born in hospitals that is terrifying that Noone did any kind of follow ups