The children in the California “House of Horrors” case would likely testify against their parents should the case go to trial next year, the Press-Enterprise reports. A judge on Friday scheduled a trial in the matter to begin on September 3, 2019. Defendants David and Louise Turpin are accused of abusing 12 of their 13 …
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 …
