Mom of 16 almost feral kids in Ohio horror house once gave birth to conjoined twins until tragedy struck
The mother of the 16 “almost feral” children rescued from a feces-filled house of horrors once gave birth to conjoined twin girls who died just hours after birth, newly uncovered state records reveal. Elizabeth Siders, 33, delivered Bailey Lee and Faith Lee Siders at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, on Nov.20, 2022, according to state vital statistics records obtained by local news outlet WOWK 13. The girls were born at just 24 weeks’ gestation with thoracopagus – the most common form of conjoined twin cases, which occur when the babies’ faces and chests fuse together inside the womb. The twins died later that same day from natural causes, according to the records. Their mother and father, Gary Siders Jr., were arrested alongside grandparents Gary Siders Sr.
and Christina Siders inside the family’s Vinton County home last Tuesday, after authorities allegedly found the younger couple’s 16 children, ages 1 to 18, living in squalor and isolation inside a cramped 12-by-12 room.The children were forced to live inside the cramped room littered with human waste for at least the past four years, according to authorities, who have described the grisly scene as “deplorable” and “third-world” – and even said local livestock lived in better conditions than the kids. The children, who have never been enrolled in school, can barely communicate – and some cannot speak at all, officials said. The oldest child, 18, is developmentally disabled and unable to even write her name, according to investigators. The kids were taken to hospitals across Ohio following the rescue.Some were in serious condition, including two who were airlifted to trauma centers and at least one who had to be intubated, according to officials. On Monday, the children’s horrified uncle revealed that even family members didn’t know how many kids Elizabeth and Gary Siders Jr.
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