Gary Siders Won’t Face a Jury — Elizabeth Wants WHAT?!

True Crime Today | Daily True Crime News & Interviews · Sep 27, 2026 · 38m

The Vinton County case involving 16 children has reached a legal split that could reshape every prosecution connected to it. Gary Siders Sr. has been found incompetent to stand trial and not restorable. His lawyer expects the case against him to end, while prosecutors still have the option of seeking civil commitment instead of continuing toward trial.

Gary Sr. was one of four adults charged after investigators found 16 children in a Hamden home on June 30. Authorities said most of the children had been confined to a small room under deplorable conditions. Seven were hospitalized and two were…