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13 malnourished siblings, in age from 2 to 29, rescued in California home on January 15, 2018 On Sunday morning, authorities found 13 brothers and sisters held captive in the home, with several shackled to beds with chains and padlocks “in dark and foul-smelling” conditions, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release. The siblings all appeared to be , so sheriff’s deputies were “shocked” to discover that seven of them were actually adults, according to the news release. The ages of the 13 victims ranged from 2 to 29. They appeared malnourished and dirty and told authorities they were starving. One of them, a 17-year-old girl, managed to escape early Sunday morning, calling police on a cellphone she found in the home. “She appeared to be only 10 years old and slightly emaciated,” the sheriff’s department said in its news release. The parents, David Allen Turpin, 57, and Louise Anna Turpin, 49, have been arrested on charges of torture and endangerment. Their bail is set at $9 million each. They were “unable to immediately provide a logical reason” why their were shackled and chained, authorities said. Authorities interviewed the and provided them with food and drink. The six minors were taken to a hospital and admitted for treatment, the sheriff’s department said. The seven older were taken to a different medical center and also admitted for treatment. David Turpin’s parents, James and Betty Turpin of West Virginia, told ABC News they were “surprised and shocked” by the allegations. They said their and -in-law, whom they have not seen in several years, are religious and kept having because “God called on them.” The grandparents said that the are home-schooled, made to memorize long scriptures in the Bible. Some of the , the grandparents told ABC News, have tried to memorize the entire book. David Turpin is listed in a state Department of Education directory as the principal of Sandcastle Day School, a private K-12 school that he ran from the couple’s home. The school opened in 2011, according to the directory. In the 2016-2017 year, the school enrolled a total of six students — one in each of the fifth, sixth, eighth, ninth, 10th and 12th grades. According to public records, the couple own the home and have lived there since 2010. They previously lived in Texas for many years and have twice declared bankruptcy. The Turpins most recently filed for bankruptcy in California in 2011. According to court documents, David Turpin made about $140,000 per year as an engineer at Northrop Grumman. The couple listed about $150,000 in assets, including $87,000 in 401(k) plans from Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin. Louise Turpin’s occupation was listed as a “homemaker.” The couple owed debt between $100,000 and $500,000, according to bankruptcy documents. One of their bankruptcy lawyers, Nancy Trahan, said in a phone interview with The Washington Post on Monday evening that she met with the couple about four or five times in 2011 but hasn’t seen them since then. She described the couple as “just very normal.” “They seemed like very nice people,” Trahan said. “They spoke often and fondly of their .” She did not recall hearing about a school run from their home. “I just hope those are okay,” Trahan said. “I wouldn’t have seen it coming.” Photos on a Facebook page that appeared to be created by the parents showed the couple at Disneyland with the , wearing matching shirts. Several photos appeared to be taken at a wedding ceremony. The parents posed in bride and groom attire, surrounded by 10 female smiling for the camera in matching purple plaid dresses and white shoes. Three male stood behind them wearing suits. The couple’s middle-class neighborhood is a new tract housing development of ranch-style homes located about 70 miles east of Los Angeles. The homes were all built close together, with only about five feet between the houses. Shortly after Kimberly Milligan, 50, moved to the neighborhood in June 2015, a contractor for the development told her the Turpins had about a dozen , she said in an interview with The Post. But in the years that followed, Milligan rarely heard the and only occasionally saw three or four of the briefly leave or enter the home. Milligan found this particularly odd, because their homes are only about 50 feet away from each other. “I thought they were very young — 11, 12, 13 at the most — because of the way they carried themselves,” Milligan said. “When they walked they would skip.” They all looked very thin, their skin as white as paper, Milligan’s , Robert Perkins said. And their yard would “always look in disarray,” Milligan said. Code enforcement officials “cracked down” on the overgrown weeds in the front yard, several neighbors told media outlets. Milligan recounted speaking to the once, around Christmas 2015. Three of the were setting up a Nativity display while she was out for a walk. When she complimented the on the decorations, “they actually froze,” she said. Milligan apologized, telling the there was no need to be afraid. “They still did not say a word,” Milligan said. “They were like whose only defense was to be invisible.” Milligan said she started seeing less and less of the family in the last year or so. She said she feels a bit guilty for not saying something about the family’s oddities earlier. “You knew something was off. It didn’t make a lot of sense,” Milligan said. “But this is something else entirely.” Law enforcement officers could be seen at the family’s home from about 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday, Perkins said. He managed to briefly glance inside the open door of the home and noticed a messy array of boxes and chairs all over the place, he said. One neighbor, Josh Tiedeman, told the Associated Press the were “super skinny — not like athletic skinny, like malnourished skinny.” “They’d all have to mow the lawns together, and then they’d all go in,” Tiedeman said.   Honesty is the best policy. |
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You have delusion about "Judgement day". You are as crazy as this couple. I have to block you to prevent you to advocate this insane religious talking. You are crazy. This couple tortured and abused their 13 children physically and mentally. They keep having children because "God called on them". They have hallucination, and are region extremists. They are ignorant. Honesty is the best policy.
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13 captive siblings forced to shower once a year, strangled, subject to frequent beatings: Prosecutor said. -- Prosecutors revealed grisly details in a press conference today about the captive siblings case out of California. -- The brothers and sisters were subject to repeated beatings, including strangulation, and were punished by being chained up, often for weeks or months at a time, prosecutors said. -- The victims weren't released from their chains even to go to the bathroom and were only allowed to shower once a year, according to prosecutors. -- The children were rescued Sunday after a 17-year-old escaped and alerted authorities to what was happening. -- Prosecutors said the teen plotted the escape for more than two years. Honesty is the best policy.
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This is insane. I am a mother of two children (1 daughter, 1 son), I rather starve myself and won't let my kids hungry. How can this couple let 13 children hungry and some of them shackled to beds with chains and padlocks? This couple abused their 13 kids, child endangerment. Some of the adult children should escape or fight against their parents. This is ridiculous, preposterous family. I always want my children have good lives, good futures. They are precious to me. I love my children enormously and proud of their achievements. Honesty is the best policy.
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The Waco Siege On Feb. 28, 1993, federal agents tried to arrest David Koresh at his Waco, Texas compound. A gunfight ensued, killing 10 and beginning a 51-day standoff that eventually ended with the deaths of 75 people, including 21 children. The Heaven’s Gate suicides On March 26, 1997, the 39 bodies of the Heaven's Gate members were found in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. Heaven’s Gate members believed that behind the Hale-Bopp comet, which was then visible in the night sky, was a spacecraft waiting to take them to a “higher plane of existence.” All they needed to do was shed their earthly bodies to begin their astral journey. Tammy and Jimmy Bakker, Jimmy Swaggart, .... Honesty is the best policy.
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On Nov. 18, 1978, more than 900 followers of the Rev. Jim Jones participated in a mass suicide in Jonestown, Guyana. The Rev. Jim Jones started his Peoples Temple in the 1950s in Indianapolis. In 1965, he relocated the group to northern California, where he was able to attract more followers, establish temples as far south as Los Angeles, and earn the respect of liberal political leaders in the San Francisco area. Jones preached the values of communism in the context of Christianity, calling for a tight-knit community of equals who were willing to sacrifice for the greater good. He attracted members through the promise of miracles, such as curing cancers and blindness, which he staged in elaborate services. He established a psychological hold over many members through isolation, intimidation, humiliation, spying and brainwashing. In 1974, as word of Jones’ abusive practices began to leak out, he began to prepare to move his congregation to an agricultural commune in Guyana, a socialist country in South America. In August 1977, a damaging article written by former members of the Peoples Temple appeared in New West magazine, prompting Jones to make the move. More than 1,100 temple members traveled to the commune, known as “Jonestown,” where Jones’ behavior became more erratic and cruel. He split up families, ordered members to perform manual labor for long hours, and continued to brutally interrogate and sexually abuse members. He cut off members from the outside world, and told them that there was widespread violence and chaos in America. There were several “White Nights,” where Jones claimed that the commune was under attack. Temple members would arm themselves in preparation for an attack, and Jones would present the possibility of a mass “revolutionary suicide.” He would order his people to consume what he claimed to be a poisoned drink in order to prove their loyalty. Families of temple members began to petition the government to investigate. In November 1977, San Francisco-area Congressman Leo J. Ryan traveled to Guyana accompanied by journalists and several relatives of temple members. Three days later, the group spoke with Jones and his followers at Jonestown. A number of Jonestown members indicated that they wanted to leave the commune. Ryan arranged for 16 members to return to the U.S. with his group. On Nov. 18, as the group prepared to leave the country from an airstrip in Georgetown, armed Jonestown guards attacked and killed Ryan, three journalists and one defector. Soon after, Jones delivered his final address to his congregation. He told them that Ryan’s plane was going to crash, which would attract government attention and threaten their way of life. He said that it was time to commit suicide. Temple member Christine Miller pleaded with Jones not to do it, but she was shouted down by other members. “So my opinion is that you be kind to children and be kind to seniors and take the potion like they used to take in ancient Greece and step over quietly because we are not committing suicide; it's a revolutionary act,” Jones said. “We can't go back; they won't leave us alone.” At about 5 p.m., Jones distributed a flavored drink poisoned with cyanide. More than 200 babies and young children were forced to drink poisonous cyanide first, and then the rest of the population followed. Armed guards threatened those who were reluctant to drink. Nine hundred and nine people died, all but two from the poisoned drink. Jones was killed by a gunshot, though it is unclear whether he committed suicide or was killed by somebody else. Just four people in the camp at the time survived: two elderly residents who slept through the suicide and two who hid. Honesty is the best policy.
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