As details emerge about the 13 siblings allegedly starved and chained to furniture by their parents, officials revealed a course of action that includes providing care for the couple’s adult children. According to CBS News, Department of Public Social Services Director Susan von Zabern said during a press conference Tuesday that the agency is working …
A Vegas-based Elvis impersonator who reportedly took part in several of David and Louise Turpin’s vow renewal ceremonies in recent years said he was shocked by what they are accused of doing to their 13 children. Kent Ripley told Inside Edition that he remembers presiding over three of the couple’s ceremonies but didn’t suspect anything was wrong …
The California mother accused of keeping her 13 malnourished children chained up in their dirty Perris home was reportedly smirking and spitting as officers arrested her and her husband on Sunday. A neighbor who spoke with U.K. paper the Mirror described Louise Anna Turpin, 49, as acting “weird” as police took her and her husband David Allen Turpin, 57, were …
The sister of the woman accused of holding her 13 children captive in a filthy California home said that she was never allowed to visit or talk to her nieces and nephews. Speaking with the Daily Mail, Elizabeth Jane Flores, 41, (pictured left) also claimed that she hadn’t seen her sister, Louise Anna Turpin, 49, in 19 years. …
The father of two children who disappeared over three years ago while in the care of their mentally ill mother still has no idea what happened to four-year-old Sarah and two-year old Jacob that day, and he says he can’t imagine how this story has a happy ending. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Jacob and Sarah Hoggle …
Three members of a Utah family could face criminal charges after a 3-year-old girl tested positive for exposure to methamphetamine. According to KSTU, police were contacted by emergency room staff on Dec. 30 after the victim was admitted to Mountain West Medical Center in Tooele City, where the narcotic was found in her system. Reports …
A second child has died after a routine appointment at an Arizona dentist office that is the target of a wrongful death suit involving another child who died after an appointment there. KXNV reports that two-year-old Zion Jay Gastelum died after visiting a dentist in Yuma last month. The toddler’s family told the news station …
MONSON, Mass. (AP) — Utility workers found a two-year-old girl wearing only a diaper wandering into traffic on a frigid day in Massachusetts. Comcast Technicians Shawn Bronson and Michael Payne told The Boston Herald they were restoring service to customers in Monson Thursday when they spotted the child heading toward the middle of the road. …
A police chief in Ohio is facing federal charges after he was arrested on suspicion of exchanging nude images with an underage girl. According to Fox News, 36-year-old Andrew Soloman was arrested Thursday, the second time this month. Soloman, who served as chief of the Craig Beach Police Department prior to being placed on leave …
A North Carolina woman was arrested for allegedly making her son stay outside in the cold while she attended a party, but according to the child’s older brother, their mother thought the child was at a friend’s house. WRAL reports that Susan Dowless, 43, was released from jail on Weds. night after Wake County authorities arrested her …
An Illinois school bus driver is behind bars after she reportedly operated a bus while intoxicated last Weds. Police say her alcohol level was almost three times over the state’s legal limit. KRON reports that Karen Kawa, a school bus driver for special needs children, was reportedly so intoxicated while pulling into the Walsh Elementary School parking …
Chicago police say a 5-year-old boy was shot for the second time in his life this week and his father is in jail on related charges. Reports indicate Kavan Collins found a handgun in the home this week and shot himself in the hand. According to police, the boy found the gun under a mattress. …
