Sentenced: Rachel Heier Is Accused Of Giving Child Laxatives , With No Access To A Bathroom

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Rachel Heier, 38, is being accused of child abuse and torture after a Lucas County Children Services caseworker found kids living in conditions described as "deplorable" at her home in September.

The Lucas County Prosecutor's Office alleges Heier physically restrained and locked a child in a room, blacking out windows and blaring music into the room.

She's accused of giving that child laxatives, with no access to a bathroom, food or water.

"There were other children in the home at the time that this took place, so they were exposed to it. They would have witnessed it," a prosecutor said.

A Lucas County Sheriff's Office report states the kids in Heier's care were removed by Lucas County Children Services during that caseworker visit in September.

Prosecutors detail alleged abuse children faced in Holland woman's custody

Rachel Heier turned herself in Monday morning after being indicted on multiple felony child endangerment charges.

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They said Heier frequently volunteered with Isaiah 117 House, a non-profit that gives kids a comfortable place to go after being removed from their homes for safety reasons.

Prosecutors detail alleged abuse children faced in Holland woman's custody

Rachel Heier turned herself in Monday morning after being indicted on multiple felony child endangerment charges.

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September 30, 2025

Rachel Heier was sentenced to spend the next three years in prison, after she pleaded no contest to a charge of child endangerment - one of several charges that stemmed from a Lucas County Children Services inspection of her home last year.

According to court records, Heier was convicted of third-degree felony child endangerment on Sept. 2. Upon her sentencing, four of the five other felony child endangerment charges were dropped.

The other counts with which Heier was charged included second-degree felony charges that alleged she had abused, tortured or cruelly abused at least one child, as well as create a substantial risk of physical harm and mental health impairment to the child. These all occurred in five separate incidents "on or about" Sept. 18, 2024, per court records.

WTOL 11 previously reported that the Lucas County Prosecutor's Office alleged Heier physically restrained and locked a child in a room, blacking out windows and blaring music into the room. She was also accused of giving that child laxatives, with no access to a bathroom, food or water.

Holland woman sentenced for child endangerment in abuse, torture case

Four of the five initial charges against the woman were dropped. She pleaded no contest in early September.

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I am bummed it does not look like anyone is staling her bologna sandwiches.

RACHEL HEIER

OFFENSE: ENDANGER CHILD

SENTENCE DATE: 10/09/2025

DEFINITE/TERM Yrs: 3.00

Sentence Information

Aggregate Sentence 3.00 HB86-5

Expected Release Date/Parole Eligibility Date 09/17/2028