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. …
Nearly two months after his death, Charles Manson’s body reportedly remains in limbo as the legal battle over his estate continues. Probate Judge David J. Cowan announced Monday that divvying up Manson’s estate and releasing his remains are two separate issues, meaning that the convicted killer’s longtime pen pal and Manson’s grandson will have to wait …
A California woman reportedly returned from a 10-day vacation to find complete strangers living in her new home. Katherine Lang told The Beaufort Gazette that went to check on her newly renovated Pigeon Point home on Sunday when she made the startling discovery. She recalled seeing a dog and cat walking around the home, a washing machine running, and dishes stowed away in …
A 21-year-old California man is facing criminal charges for allegedly using Snapchat to solicit an 8-year-old girl for sex. The Sacramento Bee reported that Gilberto Garcia-Bejarano was arrested January 2 as he arranged to meet the girl but was met detectives instead. Roseville police got involved January 1 after the girl’s mother found explicit Snapchat messages on her daughter’s …
Kidnapper wanted $1 million he wrongly believed the victim buried in the desert
‘Dad’ was accused of violating a protection order sought by the girls’ mother, and feared custody loss
A California woman is dead and police say that a pack of stray dogs are likely the suspects. KOVR reports that police stated a pack of stray dogs attacked Deborah Onsurez, 56, while she was in the driveway of her Stanislaus County home, off of the 500 block of Crows Landing Road on Thursday morning. She was later …
A California man identified as a former sheriff’s deputy was arrested for murder in a 2014 shooting death that had been initially ruled a justified use of force. As KABC reported, Oscar Rodriguez, then a Riverside County sheriff’s office, was involved in an on-duty shooting in January 2014 during what he described as an attempt …
