Siders 16 Kids: Will Any Adult Ever Face a Jury for Them?

The Siders case out of Vinton County, Ohio, has four adults charged and four different mental-health rulings, and not one trial. Investigators say 16 children were found in a single 12-by-12-foot room, and none of the four parents and grandparents has gone before a jury.

The grandfather, Gary Siders Sr., had his case dismissed after he was found incompetent with no chance of being restored. The grandmother, Christina Siders, was sent to inpatient treatment to see if she can be restored. The father, Gary Siders Jr., has no hearing date. The mother, Elizabeth Siders, was ruled competent, and her lawyer wants a second exam to see whether she was legally insane at the time of the alleged crimes.

All four gave up their preliminary hearings, and a grand jury indicted them behind closed doors. Both search warrants executed at the house are still sealed, and a gag order bars officials from talking about Gary Jr.'s case, because his lawyer argued their early comments could sway potential jurors.

I lay out what each ruling does and doesn't decide, what an insanity verdict would lead to in Ohio, and what a juvenile court found about these same children years before anyone came to that house.

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