The 13 siblings who lived in a “house of horrors” with their alleged abusive parents were reportedly only allowed one meal per day and two showers per year, according to a law enforcement offcial . NBC reports that the new details emerged on Thursday morning, hours before David and Louise Turpin were scheduled to appear …
Several of the 13 California siblings who reportedly endured abuse and neglect in their parents’ ‘house of horrors’ were found lying in their own feces and urine on Monday, according to a Riverside County deputy. MailOnline reports that Deputy Mike Vasquez of the Riverside Sheriff’s Office stated that the foul-smelling odors emanating from inside the Perris …
The siblings rescued from deplorable conditions inside their parents’ home are reportedly now resting and engaging in some of the behavior they missed out on while trapped in what has been described as a house of horrors. As CrimeOnline previously reported, David and Louise Turpin were arrested on suspicion of torture after their 13 children …
The sister of the California mother accused of holding her 13 children captive in a filthy home accused the children’s father of watching her shower when she briefly lived with the family. Appearing on Good Morning America, Elizabeth Jane Flores, 41, said she lived with David and Louise Turpin for a few months when she was in college. At …
PLUS: 13 kids suffer parents’ ‘house of horrors’
By AMY TAXIN and AMANDA LEE MYERS, Associated Press PERRIS, Calif. (AP) — Thirteen malnourished siblings allegedly kept captive in filthy conditions by their parents in a Southern California home lived a strict existence with no social lives and no contact with extended family, two of their aunts said Wednesday. “They weren’t allowed to watch TV. …
Children’s right activist Elizabeth Smart, who was kidnapped and held for nine months as a teenager, is a survivor in the truest sense of the world. After the 13 siblings who were freed on Monday from alleged torture and imprisonment in their parents’ home, Smart sent a message of support. “I would want them to know …
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 …
By AMY TAXIN, Associated Press PERRIS, Calif. (AP) — The mother of 13 malnourished children and young adults who were held in filthy conditions, some chained to furniture, was “perplexed” when deputies arrived at the family’s Southern California home, a sheriff’s official said Tuesday. The deputies had been summoned by a 17-year-old daughter who jumped out …
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. …
