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Ohio mother of 16 children rescued from ‘deplorable’ conditions pleads not guilty to child neglect

Elizabeth Siders, 34, is one of four family members, including her husband, Gary Siders Jr, charged with 16 charges of child endangerment and neglect after investigators found the children, who were 17 months to 18 years old, in "deplorable conditions" at the decrepit family home in the tiny village of Hamden in July.

Ohio mother of 16 children rescued from ‘deplorable’ conditions pleads not guilty to child neglect

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Elizabeth Siders, 34, is one of four family members, including her husband, Gary Siders Jr, charged with 16 charges of child endangerment and neglect after investigators found the children, who were 17...

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Elizabeth Siders, 34, is one of four family members, including her husband, Gary Siders Jr, charged with 16 charges of child endangerment and neglect after investigators found the children, who were 17 months to 18 years old, in "deplorable conditions" at the decrepit family home in the tiny village of Hamden in July.

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Elizabeth Siders, 34, is one of four family members, including her husband, Gary Siders Jr, charged with 16 charges of child endangerment and neglect after investigators found the children, who were 17 months to 18 years old, in "deplorable conditions" at the decrepit family home in the tiny village of Hamden in July.

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