Ohio vital statistics records confirm that Elizabeth Siders (age 33) and Gary Siders Jr. (age 36) had twin daughters named Bailey Lee Siders and Faith Lee Siders. The girls were born on November 20, 2022, at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. They were extremely premature (estimated 24 weeksâ gestation) and were conjoined twins of the thoracopagus type (joined at the chest and upper abdomen). They died the same day of natural causes. Death records list the manner of death as natural and the cause as respiratory failure due to extreme prematurity and the conjoined condition. They lived approximately one hour.
These records became public after Elizabeth Siders, Gary Siders Jr., Gary Siders Sr. (age 73), and Christina Siders (age 67) were arrested on June 30, 2026, and arraigned on July 1, 2026. Each was charged with 16 counts of child endangering (second-degree felony) related to 16 living children removed from a home on Ohmer Street in Hamden, Vinton County, Ohio. An initial 17th count against each person was dropped. The criminal complaints contain no charges connected to the 2022 twins or their birth date. All four adults pleaded not guilty. Bond was set at $300,000 cash or surety for each defendant, with conditions of no contact with one another or the children and GPS monitoring if released.
Authorities executed a search warrant at the residence and found the 16 children in serious medical condition. The children were taken to hospitals in Ohio; two were flown to trauma centers. No public update on their conditions was available in the initial reports. Officials, including the Ohio Attorney General, Vinton County Sheriff, and Vinton County Prosecutor, described the matter as an intra-family situation, not human trafficking, and stated there was no danger to the wider community.
Court documents list the ages of the children found in the home as 18, 16, 15, 14, 13, 11, 9, 8, 6, 5, 4 (twins), and 20 months (twins). Two additional counts did not list ages. Gary Siders Jr. and Elizabeth Siders were married on March 31, 2008, in Mason County, West Virginia, when they were 18 and 15 years old. The oldest of the living children was born about two months after that marriage. A relative told reporters the family was unaware of the full number of children living in the household.
These are the facts as documented in Ohio vital statistics records and contemporaneous news reporting. No charges were filed in connection with the 2022 twins, whose deaths are recorded as natural causes.
Source: WOWK 13 News.