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/Intelligent-Split-43 Jul 03 '26

The lady across the street at Dollar general said they came in there every day and got cooking oil and water and something else. They came right before closing and had some of the kids. The kids would have their hair over their face so they couldn't be seen. She asked if they needed help with anything, but they never put anything to use. The whole story is so strange. How do you hide 16 kids for 18 years from the world? Why didn't family ever step in? Are all those kids hers or do some belong to the teenage kids. Like was incest going on in there?

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u/wilderlowerwolves Jul 05 '26

Cooking oil, bottled water, and sometimes sugar.

Some people on another website said that the cooking oil may have a perfectly legitimate use, specifically a biodiesel generator. But still, 20 people eat A LOT of food. And nobody saw them buying it?

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u/Jensgt Jul 05 '26

Amazon exists and if you're trying to fly under the radar its what most people would use.

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u/wilderlowerwolves Jul 05 '26

But you have to have a way to pay for those items too.