The grandmother charged in Ohio’s “House of Horrors” case is facing 19 counts of child endangerment. But before Christina Siders can stand trial, a judge has to determine whether she’s mentally competent to face the charges.
The 68-year-old’s attorney is asking the court to authorize $7,000 for additional testing after a doctor who conducted a competency evaluation found that Christina has several risk factors for dementia, according to a new report.
Christina was arrested on June 30 along with her husband, Gary Siders Sr., 73; their son, Gary Siders Jr., 37; and his wife, Elizabeth Siders, 34, after authorities discovered Gary Jr. and Elizabeth’s 16 children — aged 18 months to 18 years — living in what law enforcement described as “horrific” conditions inside the family’s Hamden, Ohio, home…