01-18-2018, 05:46 PM
Perris, California
These parents are even weirder than they look.
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David and Louise Turpin have 13 children, ranging from ages 2 to 29. Except for the 2-year-old, they chained them all up, starved them, allowed them to take showers only once or twice or year, tortured them...
They were kept up all night, allegedly being forced to memorize the Bible by some accounts, and slept during the day.
According to the LE press conference today, the children (who were supposedly home-schooled by daddy dearest) were plotting to escape for 2 years.
Finally, on Sunday, their 17-year-old daughter grabbed one of the parents' cell phones, escaped out a window and called police.
Police found the children living in squalor. They had very little knowledge of the outside world and looked much younger than their ages due to malnutrition. The only activity their parents permitted was writing in journals; police collected slews of them.
The Turpins each face 12 counts of torture, seven counts of abuse of a dependent adult, six counts of child abuse or neglect and 12 counts of false imprisonment. They are being held on $9 million bail each and prosecutors intend to seek life imprisonment.
David Turpin also faces one count of committing a lewd act by force or fear, the first indication from authorities the case may involve sexual abuse.
Refs:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nati...044114001/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...night.html
These parents are even weirder than they look.
David and Louise Turpin have 13 children, ranging from ages 2 to 29. Except for the 2-year-old, they chained them all up, starved them, allowed them to take showers only once or twice or year, tortured them...
They were kept up all night, allegedly being forced to memorize the Bible by some accounts, and slept during the day.
According to the LE press conference today, the children (who were supposedly home-schooled by daddy dearest) were plotting to escape for 2 years.
Finally, on Sunday, their 17-year-old daughter grabbed one of the parents' cell phones, escaped out a window and called police.
Police found the children living in squalor. They had very little knowledge of the outside world and looked much younger than their ages due to malnutrition. The only activity their parents permitted was writing in journals; police collected slews of them.
The Turpins each face 12 counts of torture, seven counts of abuse of a dependent adult, six counts of child abuse or neglect and 12 counts of false imprisonment. They are being held on $9 million bail each and prosecutors intend to seek life imprisonment.
David Turpin also faces one count of committing a lewd act by force or fear, the first indication from authorities the case may involve sexual abuse.
Refs:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nati...044114001/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...night.html