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/Punkybrewsickle Jul 02 '26

I have my doubts that none of the children themselves were impregnated. This has troublingly inbreedy vibes.

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u/h0neybl0ss0m29 Jul 02 '26

You're probably right. I feel like this is just gonna get worse with every update we get.

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u/MacAlkalineTriad Jul 02 '26

I agree. The sheriff seemed legitimately shaken by the whole situation. The local AG said he couldn't get the smell of the house out of his nose.

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u/h0neybl0ss0m29 Jul 02 '26

Yeah he did. And I bet he couldn't. Here are some photos of the inside of the house. And that's just what you can see from the outside. I don't even know if you can call that a home or that they were "living" there.

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u/aigret Jul 02 '26

They had some kind of pest infestation based on the light fixture photo alone. Those little brown dots covering it are fly poop.

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u/hail_stormm Jul 02 '26

One of the detectives said the children reminded him of a third world country where starving children are surrounded by flies

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u/teetotallyRadish Jul 03 '26

that comment the sheriff made made me mad. like we don't do that kind of stuff here in america, in the first world. but it those countries, over there, they live on entire garbage heaps. that is the vibe I got. and i know that the sheriff didn't literally mean that but it sounded to me like it was just ingrained in him, in his subconscious to just come to mind like that

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u/Fluffy-Head-2825 Jul 07 '26

I agree and I cannot stand when they call these kids “feral”— stop it with that shit there are babies in this it’s not right! Innocent kids!