Ohio house of horrors dad was wanted for perverted behavior
Key Points:
- Gary Siders Jr., 36, accused of keeping 16 children in a feces-infested, squalid Ohio home, was also wanted for multiple incidents of public indecency in May, exposing himself to neighbors four times.
- Authorities discovered the children, aged 18 months to 18 years, isolated in a 12x12-foot room filled with human waste during a June 30 search warrant execution, unaware of their presence initially.
- The children showed severe neglect, with some unable to speak, and seven were hospitalized, including two in critical condition; officials described their condition as "almost feral."
- Siders, his wife Elizabeth, 33, and his parents face up to 16 counts of child endangerment each, with potential sentences totaling 192 years in prison if convicted.
- It remains unclear if all the children are biologically related to Siders and his wife, though her lawyer claims she is the mother of all; Siders is scheduled for a court appearance on July 23 regarding public indecency charges.