They used the black child they adopted as a slave! The teams entering the barn couldn't believe what they saw.

A white couple in the state of West Virginia in the United States has been accused of subjecting their adopted 5 black children to poor conditions and using them as "slaves".

Prosecutors have prepared an indictment against 62-year-old Jeanne Whitefeather and 63-year-old Donald Lantz, who adopted five children aged between 6 and 16 from a shelter for homeless and vulnerable youth, and locked them in a barn with the intention of using them as "slaves". The indictment includes numerous charges against the couple, including "human trafficking", "child neglect", "slavery", and "forced labor". According to the indictment, neighbors also claimed that the children were forced to work on the farm and were not allowed to enter the house.

According to West Virginia Metro News, Judge Maryclaire Akers of Kanawha County District Court stated in a press release regarding the indictment, "Human rights violations are specific to the fact that these children were targeted because of their race and were essentially used as slaves, as stated in the indictment."

"THEY HAD NO RUNNING WATER, BATHROOM FACILITIES, OR FOOD"

Officials found the children locked in a small room inside a barn in the couple's house during a social welfare check in October. The Kanawha County Sheriff's Department stated in a press release, "The children had no way to get out of the barn on their own, no running water, bathroom facilities, or food."

Meanwhile, the Whitefeather and Lantz couple, against whom arrest warrants were issued following the allegations, denied the charges.