Countless articles have been written about what has been described as a “house of horrors” in which a California couple allegedly abused and tortured 13 children ranging in age from 2 to 29. As CrimeOnline previously reported, David and Louise Turpin were arrested earlier this month after their 17-year-old daughter escaped the home where her …
Sometimes the most disturbing parts of a horror film can happen offscreen. When an aspiring filmmaker set out to make a low-budget horror movie in the woods, it would lead to a deadly final act that not even a screenwriter could have put to the page. Greed was the theme behind this real-life story, and …
A 13-year-old Texas girl who was raped by her brother miscarried the child after members of her family took turns stomping on her, the Dallas Morning News reports. Many of those family members have now been sentenced to prison in connection with the case, which dates back to 2012– when the victim’s brother, Robert Cayald (pictured …
Although her mother initially gave a then 16-year-old Louise Turpin permission to date a then 24-year-old David Turpin, it ended up separating the ‘House of Horrors’ mom’s parents, when her heartbroken father couldn’t over the fact that his wife gave their teen daughter permission to date a grown man. While speaking with MailOnline, Louise Turpin’s …
A 42-year-old Alabama woman who led a double life as an internet exhibitionist was found dead and partially nude outside her home last week, but police have revealed few details about the case, Al.com reports. Investigators are treating the death of the woman, Kathleen Dawn West, as a homicide, according to the newspaper. A neighbor …
By ANDREW DALTON, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The governor of California once again denied parole Friday for Leslie Van Houten, the youngest follower of murderous cult leader Charles Manson who blamed herself at her parole hearing for letting him control her life. Gov. Jerry Brown said in his decision that Van Houten still lays …
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The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department released on Friday a detailed but preliminary investigative report concerning the investigation into the deadly Las Vegas shooting massacre on October 1, when gunman Stephen Paddock killed 58 people, and as we learned on Friday, injured over 700 more. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo announced …
Relatives of rock legend Tom Petty released a statement Friday revealing the cause of his death in October at the age of 66. According to a medical examiner’s report, his family wrote, he “passed away due to an accidental drug overdose and as a result of taking a variety of medications.” Petty had battled declining …
Authorities in Georgia say a stolen vehicle led to additional charges for a pair of teens when they discovered two children inside the SUV they took from a gas station earlier this week. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 17-year-old Khyree Swift and an unnamed 16-year-old suspect participated in a crime during which the two small …
David Turpin, the patriarch of the Perris, California, home where 13 children were found starved and shackled, was 24 when he allegedly kidnapped Louise Turpin from school and attempted to elope. Per the Daily Express, David pulled a 16-year-old Louise out of her Princeton, West Virginia, high school, by convincing school employees to allow him …
A pair of 1-year-old dogs found in the Perris, California, home where 13 children were reportedly shackled and starved will be placed up for adoption. According to the Independent, the two Maltese-mix dogs–one of which is named Fluffy–will be rehomed together sometime in February. Animal control officer Christina Avila said in a press release that …
