Authorities have uncovered a second property in Ohio that was inhabited by the Siders family, who were recently found to have 16 children living in squalid conditions. This second home, located in Gallia County, was also found to be in a repulsive state, according to reports.
The Siders family reportedly lived in the Gallia County residence between 2020 and 2024, just miles from their Hamden home where 16 children were rescued on June 30. Neighbors described the Gallia County property as being in poor condition.
"It was kind of just an empty house… and not really in that great of condition," said Melissa Edmonds, a former neighbor. Another individual who was renovating the Siders' old Gallia County home found the attic filled with children's clothing stuffed away and described the entire house as being covered in urine and feces.
Court records indicate the family's mailing address was in Cheshire, Ohio, which is in Gallia County. Elizabeth Siders, the mother of the 16 children, also provided a Wisconsin address when she gave birth at a Gallia County hospital.
Elizabeth Siders, 33, and her husband, Gary Siders Jr., 36, were arrested along with grandparents Gary Siders Sr., 73, and Christina Siders, 67, following a child truancy warrant served at the Hamden home. The 16 children, ranging in age from 18 months to 18 years, were discovered in the deplorable conditions, with some reportedly confined to a cramped room filled with feces.
Officials stated that some of the children were in serious condition and required hospitalization. Vinton County Sheriff Ryan Cain remarked that "livestock was kept in better conditions" than the children found in the Hamden residence. Ohio Attorney General Andry Wilson described the conditions as something "you cannot even imagine people being in, let alone children being in," and noted the family appeared adept at concealing the children, whom he described as looking "almost feral."
The children had reportedly been on authorities' radar for at least five years. The four adults face 16 counts each of child endangerment.