The mother on the heart of an Ohio “home of horrors” case — the place her 16 kids have been discovered locked away in squalor — is pregnant once more.
Elizabeth Siders, 34 — who was arrested in June and charged with 19 counts of kid endangerment, two counts of sexual battery and two counts of illegal sexual conduct with a minor — appeared in Vinton County court docket Monday for a competency listening to.
Siders denied she was pregnant when she was booked into the county jail, however on Monday, her legal professional, Thomas Stolly, confirmed she is anticipating one other baby, WOUB reported.
Stolly didn’t present a due date or some other particulars about his shopper’s being pregnant.
At Monday’s listening to, the choose dominated Siders is competent to face trial. She has pleaded not responsible to the costs.
The ruling adopted an preliminary report that discovered Siders has melancholy and anxiousness however no documented historical past of psychological sickness, her lawyer stated.
Stolly has filed a movement in search of an analysis of his shopper “to find out if she just isn’t responsible by cause of madness, as a result of she was affected by a situation which might produce authorized madness on the time of the alleged offenses,” in keeping with Folks.
Stolly wrote that he had spent prolonged time with Siders on “quite a few events,” permitting him “to look at [her] demeanor, conduct, and comprehension.”
He stated he believed she “could also be affected by vital psychological well being points,” including that her “competency could also be a problem and a transparent obstacle to [her] means to help in her personal protection.”
Siders’ husband, Gary Siders Jr., who faces the identical fees, can be present process a competency analysis, although no listening to has been scheduled but.
Simply an hour earlier than Siders’ ruling, the identical choose discovered that her mother-in-law, Christina Siders, just isn’t competent to face trial, WOUB reported.
Christina Siders’ psychological analysis discovered she may probably be restored to competency, and she or he can be despatched to an inpatient facility for therapy.
Her analysis additionally famous indicators of dementia, and her legal professional is asking the court docket to pay for additional analysis by a specialist.
The rulings adopted final month’s dismissal of the case in opposition to Christina Siders’ husband, Gary Siders Sr., after he was discovered incompetent to face trial.
As a result of the case was dismissed with out prejudice, the costs might be refiled later.
Gary Siders Sr. will stay beneath the court docket’s jurisdiction till a civil dedication is filed in county probate court docket.
The 4 adults have been arrested in June and every initially confronted 16 counts of felony baby endangerment, after investigators stated the 16 “nearly feral” kids — all believed to be the couple’s — had been saved locked in a 12-by-12 room inside a house reeking of cat urine.
The victims, aged 1 to 18, have been principally confined to the cramped area for a minimum of the previous 4 years, in keeping with authorities, who described the grisly scene as “deplorable” and “third-world.”
