After over a dozen arrests, the community referred to the Golers as a “hillbilly sex ring.” Donna Goler, a member of the family, vocalized her experience in the hope that her story will prevent other children from being severely mistreated:

The first time I can remember I was five, just going on six, because I had just graduated from Kindergarten going into grade one […] I came home and that was the first time I had been raped and it was by my father. [I]f somebody wanted to have sex with one of his kids he would let them for a case of beer or a carton of cigarettes, or even a pack of cigarettes [...] They got to pick out whichever child they wanted to have sex with. We had nothing to say, we couldn't prevent it, we couldn't stop them. We were basically lined up against the wall and they chose the one they wanted and we were forced to do it.

Local authorities charged three adult women with incest and sexual assault, including Wanda Wiston. The prosecution convicted Wiston, an in-law from a common-law marriage, of having intercourse with four boys and four girls, all minors. One prosecutor said, "It was just like something out of the movie Deliverance."

