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A man who discovered America’s most ‘inbred’ family says he is ‘done’ with them after claiming they'd been 'lying to him all along'.
Mark Laita has been documenting the lives of the Whittakers on his YouTube channel for four years.
The family all live together on a property in Odd, West Virginia. And earlier this year, he announced the death of 67-year-old Larry Whittaker after a suspected heart attack.
But after launching a fundraiser and donating $1,000 towards his funeral, however, it turns out that Larry was never really dead in the first place.
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The shocking discovery was made after fans spotted Larry - alive and well - in a video titled ‘The Death of Larry Whittaker’.
In the clip, Larry can be seen sitting outside of their family home, discussing his own alleged death.
When asked about it, he says: "No, I just heard of it last night on a video."
Mark said that he had given Larry's daughter the cash after claiming they needed it to host the funeral.
Following the betrayal, she apologised and Mark decided to forgive her.
But now the situation has gone beyond anything Mark can look past, after he handed over another $700 which Larry apparently lied about.
He claimed the cash was going to be used to take BJ to North Carolina to start a new life, but has since found out he'd apparently kept the money and not taken her anywhere.
In a recent video update called Spring 2024, Mark chats to Larry's cousin, Jason Whittaker, about the situation.
In the video, Mark said: “After our last video, Larry calls me up and says: 'Hey, I'm going to take BJ to North Carolina,' and he wanted $700.
“I said 'as long as you're taking your daughter to North Carolina to get her away from your family then I can continue my relationship with you guys, but I don't want to be part of you guys if everyone's lying to me.'
"And Larry goes: 'Yeah, I'm gonna take her tonight'."
He added: “Now I know that even Kenneth is lying to me, they are all lying to me so I'm done with them."
He said that the family had been receiving money from the state before he started documenting their lives.
Speaking to Jason, he said: “I don't know what to do with them other than just walk away."
To which Jason agreed, saying: "That's the best thing to do, just wash your hands of them."
