About this episode

Sheryl McCollum interviews Angenette Levy about the discovery of 16 children in deplorable conditions during a search warrant execution in Ohio.

While executing an unrelated search warrant, law enforcement discovered 16 children in an isolated Ohio home, ranging in age from 18-month-old twins to an 18-year-old. Parents Gary Siders Jr. and Elizabeth Siders face neglect allegations, while Gary Jr. has also been charged with misdemeanor counts of public indecency. All 16 children were taken to the hospital for evaluation after being removed from the home, with several requiring additional treatment. In this episode of Zone 7 , Sheryl McCollum talks with Law&Crime correspondent Angenette Levy about the case. Angenette describes the deplorable living conditions inside the home, what school and truancy records reveal about the children’s years away from the classroom, and the medical treatment some required after being removed from the home. She and Sheryl also look at how an entire family could seemingly disappear from public view and what is known about how the household was being supported financially. Angenette closes the episode with a remarkable story of the day she was assigned to cover an active Amber Alert and ended up finding the missing toddler at the…

People in this episode

Host: Sheryl McCollum

Guest: Angenette Levy

Topics covered

• child neglect
• law enforcement
• search warrant
• family disappearance
• medical treatment
• Amber Alert

Keywords

• search warrant
• child neglect
• Ohio
• Angenette Levy
• Gary Siders Jr.
• Elizabeth Siders
• Amber Alert
• law enforcement
• medical treatment

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Ohio

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