Neighbor of ‘House of Horrors’ family denies missing warning signs
child endangerment
“I just thought they were really private,” the neighbor said of the Turpins’ odd behavior
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 …
Family Crime
January 24, 2018
House of Horrors: Tortured Turpin kids slowly providing valuable information to investigators
Investigators have learned that the children were isolated from each other and locked in different rooms in small groups
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 …
Court
January 23, 2018
Prosecutors push to block ‘House of Horrors’ parents from contacting their 13 children
On Wednesday, Riverside County prosecutors will reportedly move to block Perris, California, parents David and Louise Turpin from having any further contact with the 13 children they allegedly imprisoned and tortured. Court filings obtained by the California Patch revealed that the District Attorney’s Office will push to impose protective orders barring the couple from contacting their children, …
National
January 23, 2018
House of Horrors family was ‘WITHIN DAYS’ of moving from California to Oklahoma: Sources
David and Louise Turpin, the California couple accused of shackling and starving their 13 children, were reportedly days away from moving to Oklahoma before their arrest last week. Sources told ABC News that the family was “within days” of moving from Perris to Oklahoma as David Turpin had gotten a job transfer with defense contractor Northrop Grumann. …
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 22, 2018
House of Horrors aunt says David Turpin drove wife cross-country to have sex with a man she met online
Louise Turpin, the California mother accused of abusing her 13 children and keeping them imprisoned in deplorable conditions, had her husband drive her to Alabama so she could have sex with a man she met online, according to her sister. Teresa Robinette made the explosive claims during an appearance on Megyn Kelly Today. Robinette said that …
Child Abuse
January 19, 2018
Friday Crime Stories: Details of torture & abuse revealed in California house of horrors
Details emerging about life for the 13 children of David and Louise Turpin reveal unthinkable torture and abuse that allegedly went on for years. Police found the malnourished siblings chained and hog-tied in the home after one of the teen daughters escaped and called 911. The parents, who have entered not guilty pleas to all …
child endangerment
January 18, 2018
Tortured Turpin children planned escape from ‘House of Horrors’ for two years: Prosecutor
The 17-year-old girl who broke out of her Perris, California, home Sunday had been working on an escape plan with one of her 12 siblings for more than two years, prosecutors said. Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin revealed during Thursday’s press conference that the teen girl who fled from her filthy home and called …