The 16 “almost feral” kids rescued from an Ohio house of horrors were reportedly crammed into another repulsive property just miles down the road — and it was also found slammed with urine and feces.
Records show that the Siders family also lived in neighboring Gallia County between 2020 and 2024, according to WSYX.
“We did not know they had even left for quite a while,” said Melissa Edmonds, who lived next to the Siders’ Gallia County home.
“It was kind of just an empty house … and not really in that great of condition.”
Property records show that the two-story home was purchased by a new owner in May.
Bruce Gullick, who was renovating the Siders’ old home, told the outlet that he found the attic littered with kids clothes “stuffed away like someone was living up there.”
“The whole entire house was just urine, human and pet feces, so it was pretty tough.”
Authorities say the Siders “bounced around” before settling down in their now infamous Hamden home. But court records list their mailing address in “Cheshire, Ohio,” which is located in Gallia County.
And Elizabeth Siders — the mother of the 16 kids rescued by the state — 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 alongside grandparents Gary Siders Sr., 73, and Christina Siders, 67, on June 30 after local cops carried out a warrant in Hamden for child truancy – and allegedly found all 16 kids living inside a house of horrors, including being largely confined to a cramped 12-by-12, feces-littered room.
The siblings — who ranged in age from 18 months to 18 years — were taken to hospitals across Ohio after being discovered by police, with some in serious condition, according to police.
Vinton County Sheriff Ryan Cain said “livestock was kept in better conditions.”
Ohio Attorney General Andry Wilson previously warned the Siders’ Hamden home was something “you cannot even imagine people being in, let alone children being in.”
“It was terrible,” Wilson charged, adding that “these folks were pretty good at hiding these kids.”
“They looked like almost feral animals. It was terrible.”
The children were apparently on the radar of authorities for at least five years, according to the Sun.
The Siders have each been charged with 16 counts of children endangerment.
