Elizabeth Siders (Picture: Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail)

(7-9-26) Elizabeth Siders (33) living in a feces-filled Ohio house, where 16 children were found, got married at only 15 years old — just two months before giving birth to her first child.

Siders was legally married to Gary Siders Jr., who was 18 at the time, in 2008 in Mason County, WV. The children who have been described as ‘feral like’ range in ages of 18 months to 18 years old.

Two months later, she gave birth to the oldest child in the case, who is now 18 and was recently rescued along with 15 other siblings from a home in Vinton County, Ohio

Siders also reportedly gave birth to conjoined twins — who died at just a few hours old after birth at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus on November 20, 2022.

Gary Siders Sr., 73 (top left), and Christina “Lynn” Siders, 67 (top right), were arrested for the alleged child abuse alongside their son, Gary “Bub” Siders Jr., 36 (bottom right), and his wife, Elizabeth Siders, 33 (bottom left). Picture: Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail

Siders is one of four family members charged in the investigation, including her husband and her in-laws, Gary Siders Sr. and Christina Siders.

They face 68 felony child endangerment charges, with all 16 children allegedly suffering serious physical harm.

Siders residence in Hamden, Ohio in Vinton County

All four have pleaded not guilty and three of them remain jailed on $300,000 bond.

Siders Sr. had been released from jail on a recognizance bond after suffering a medical episode.

The 16 children were removed from the home and placed in the temporary custody of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.


Hamden is a village in Vinton County, Ohio, United States. The population was 727 at the 2020 census.