In 1993, 16-year-old Louann Bowers ran away from home, allegedly to be with her uncle, Sinhue Johnson. Together they had five children who were hidden from the world and raised in squalid conditions without electricity or running water. The children, who included Sinhue Johnson Jr., 13, and Quatonnia “Nae” Johnson, 11, did not have birth certificates and never received medical care. Though Johnson and Bowers claimed the children were homeschooled, they never filed any of the required paperwork and the children said their mother’s teaching was “irregular”. The children were discovered after numerous tips to Children’s Services.
Johnson and Bowers were each convicted on five counts of child endangerment.
Date: August 28, 2009
Location: York, Pennsylvania
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| Documents: | Date: |
| Mom of hidden kids was also a missing person | 11-26-2010 |
| 5 kids found amid squalor, want | 11-29-2010 |
| Officials Struggle to Unravel Tale of 5 Children Being Raised in Secrecy | 12-06-2010 |
| Bowers released from prison | 07-01-2011 |
| Hidden kids case: York father says children were loved, well-cared for | 02-26-2013 |
| Two of Sinhue Johnson Sr.’s children testify at his child endangerment trial in York County | 03-05-2013 |
| Hidden children trial: Sinhue Johnson guilty | 03-10-2013 |
