Elizabeth Siders, mom of 16 in the Ohio “house of horrors” case, had four sets of twins in the span of three years, between February 2022 and January 2025.
According to public records and amended court complaints obtained by PEOPLE magazine, Siders’ last four pregnancies all resulted in twins – and there’s now a mystery over another pregnancy.
In February 2022 she gave birth to her first set of twins, two of the 16 rescued children. Later that year in November, she gave birth to two conjoined twin girls who died shortly after. Another set of twins was born in January 2024, part of the surviving rescued children and in January 2025, before her birth, she gave birth to her fourth set of twins. And an ex-FBI agent has revealed the alarming ‘red flags’ that were missed.
On June 30, Gary Siders Sr., 73; Christina Siders, 66; Gary Siders Jr., 36; and Elizabeth Siders, 33, the mother of the children, were arrested on child endangerment charges. They have denied the charges.
Authorities report the children, aged between 18 months and 18 years old, “looked like feral animals” when they were taken into care.
Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson described the evidence collected as “beyond comprehension.”
Gary Siders Jr., believed to be the children’s father, was working as a DoorDash delivery driver, according to NewsNation.
“Only the grandparents were being supported by the state. I don’t think that Gary Siders was even working, but if he was working, he was working as a DoorDash driver or delivery driver,” said Lauren Conlin, an independent crime and entertainment reporter, on Chris Cuomo’s podcast “Cuomo Crime Time.”
The 16 children were allegedly kept for years in a 12-by-12-foot room and were not enrolled in school. While the grandparents reportedly received state ᴀssistance, the county prosecutor said the children had no school or medical records.
On June 30, Gary Siders Sr., 73; Christina Siders, 66; Gary Siders Jr., 36; and Elizabeth Siders, 33, the mother of the children, were arrested on child endangerment charges. -Credit:Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail
Last week, Ohio lawmakers also approved $1 million in emergency funding to help care for the children. The Ohio Controlling Board approved funds to cover related costs, such as court proceedings and law enforcement overtime, as the children will be placed in foster care, according to WCMH.
Ronnie Fletcher, an uncle to the children, stated he was completely unaware of the living conditions that officials have characterized as “deplorable conditions.”
He further explained that both he and his wife are now too afraid to report to work, concerned the situation could devastate the business venture he’d been working to establish.
“All this is taking money off our table because we can’t live our normal lives because the way these people are trying to treat us on something we didn’t have nothing to do with,” he said.
“How am I supposed to start a business in this community when I’m being stapled to the face of ‘pure evil?’”
Fletcher, who is married to a daughter of suspects Gary Siders Sr. and Christina ‘Lynn’ Siders, told WOWK-TV: “What can I do to help? – That was the original reaction to it.
“Horrified. Worried about the kids. It’s hard to explain the action when you’re distant family.”
