Why Ohio's AG Called the Siders Case 'Intrafamily'
About this episode
The episode discusses the implications of the Siders case as described by Ohio's Attorney General, focusing on child endangerment and family dynamics.
Ohio's Attorney General used one word to describe the Siders case that most people skipped right past: "intrafamily." That word isn't an accident. It carries implications that go well beyond the sixteen counts of child endangerment on the books against four adults. Sixteen children were found in a room the size of a walk-in closet. Some couldn't speak. One was flown to Columbus by helicopter in critical condition. Birth certificates list Elizabeth and Gary Siders Jr. as the parents of all sixteen, but DNA testing is underway — and the Attorney General's characterization raises the question of whether the family tree is exactly what the certificates say it is. Elizabeth Siders was fifteen when she married Gary Jr. She was allegedly thirteen when her first child was born. Her family says she was indoctrinated and estranged for fifteen years. Her attorney says she wants to be reunited with her children. Prosecutors say she's a defendant. Jennifer Coffindaffer breaks it all down with Tony and Robin — the DNA testing, the gag order that one defendant's attorney used to silence every official in the case, whether the grandparents were the true architects of eighteen years of isolation…
People in this episode
Hosts: Tony Brueski, Robin
Guest: Jennifer Coffindaffer
Topics covered
- child endangerment
- DNA testing
- family dynamics
- legal implications
- isolation
- Ohio case
Keywords
- Siders case
- child endangerment
- DNA testing
- Ohio Attorney General
- family tree
- isolation
- gag order
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Ohio's Attorney General, Columbus
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