Inside the House of Horrors: Oldest son of 13 captive children was star college student
Child Abuse
– Louise Turpin would bring him to school and wait outside his classes for him
– Turpin family would wear matching outfits at school events
Court
January 25, 2018
Watch: ‘House of Horrors’ parents show no expression while judge bars them from contact with their children
David and Louise Turpin remained silent on Weds. as a judge informed them they were barred from trying to contact their children for at least three years. As CrimeOnline previously reported, David Turpin, 56, and Louise Turpin, 49, appeared at the Riverside Hall of Justice where Judge Emma Smith informed them of a list of stipulations …
child endangerment
January 24, 2018
Faith healer uncle says he wants custody of tortured ‘House of Horrors’ children: Source
The brother of David Turpin, the California father accused of torturing and starving his 13 children, says he wants to care for the minor siblings–sparing them from being placed into foster care. A source told CBS News that Dr. Randy Turpin, a faith healer and megachurch preacher, was looking into adopting the children. But before this …
Court
January 24, 2018
Judge’s order bans ‘House of Horrors’ parents from contacting their 13 children
On Wednesday, a Riverside County Superior Court judge prohibited California parents David and Louise Turpin from contacting their 13 children, who were allegedly found starved and tortured last week. According to The Los Angeles Times, Judge Emma Smith approved a three-year protective order that will ban the parents from contacting their children in any way except …
Court
January 24, 2018
Change in venue? Defense attorney says fair trial for House of Horrors parents in jeopardy amid ‘extraordinary’ press coverage
An attorney representing the Perris, California, couple accused of torturing their 13 children is reportedly setting the stage to have the high-profile trial moved out of Riverside County. According to The Desert Sun, Deputy Public Defender David Macher filed a motion ahead of Wednesday’s hearing expressing concern that the “extraordinary” media coverage will make it difficult …
child endangerment
January 24, 2018
Former classmate says eldest ‘House of Horrors’ child was ‘frail’, mercilessly bullied
“She had this whimsical optimism to her that couldn’t be dampened, couldn’t be doused no matter what anybody threw at her”
Child Abuse
January 24, 2018
Officials will be SPLITTING UP ‘House of Horrors’ children, placing six Turpin children into separate foster homes: Source
Despite public outcry, sources revealed that the six minor Turpin children will be split up between two foster homes. Sources also told CBS News that Riverside County will be awarded conservatorship over the seven adult Turpins before they’re moved to an assisted living facility. Last week, an anonymous source close to the investigation told the network …
Child Abuse
January 23, 2018
Tuesday Crime Stories: Secrets buried under California ‘House of Horrors’?
PLUS: Mom murdered for secret online life? Facebook selfie puts girl in prison!
child endangerment
January 23, 2018
Mother, children were held prisoner in same ‘House of Horrors’ town decades earlier
In an eerie coincidence, the California town rocked by allegations that 13 children were found shackled and starving in deplorable conditions, was the location of a similar scandal nearly two decades earlier. Speaking with WJW, Laura Cowan recalled how police rescued her and her two children from a Perris home in 1998. When learning of the …
Child Abuse
January 23, 2018
Police warn GoFundMe accounts for the Turpin siblings are ‘scams’: There is only one legitimate fundraiser for the victims, police say
California authorities those wanting to donate to the 13 children rescued from the alleged “House of Horrors” that any GoFundMe accounts set up to take donations for the family are scams. ABC7 reports that California Child Protective Services received over a thousand calls from people wanting to help the 13 Turpin siblings who were removed from …
child endangerment
January 23, 2018
Classmate says college student Turpin son looked starved, wore the SAME clothes all semester
While attending community college, the eldest son of 13 tortured California children would never look anyone in the eye and wore the same clothes every day, a classmate revealed. Angie Parra, who had a music class with one of the Turpin children at Mount San Jacinto College, described him to KNBC as a “sweet, but odd, …
Child Abuse
January 23, 2018
WATCH: The moment when authorities rescued the Turpin siblings from the ‘House of Horrors’
– CCTV footage, initially obtained by ABC, emerged on Thursday of the 12 children Turpin children being rescued from their parents’ “House of Horrors” last Monday.
– The 13th child, a teen girl, had already escaped from the home and called police to report her parents were abusive.
– An older child is seen carrying a younger sibling as California officers escort them from a Perris home.
– One of the siblings ran from the home, toward a waiting van.
– Most of the children, starved and abused, were taken to local hospitals for malnourishment treatment.
– The parents, David and Louise Turpin, are currently behind bars on numerous felony charges, including child abuse and torture.
– David Turpin is accused of a lewd act against one of his daughters.
