Turpin Children

• Turpin siblings tortured by parents were then abused by foster family: lawsuit

  After the 13 Turpin siblings were rescued from torture and starvation in their family home, six of them were placed in foster care and further neglected, according to a lawsuit.

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  Jul 21, 2022
  
• California couple who starved, shackled their 12 children sentenced to life in prison

  A California couple who for years starved a dozen of their children and kept some shackled to beds were sentenced Friday to life in prison, ending a shocking case that revealed a house of horrors hidden behind a veneer of suburban normalcy.

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  Apr 19, 2019
  
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• California couple who allegedly tortured and shackled children ordered to stand trial

  A judge on Thursday ordered a married couple to stand trial on 49 counts of torture, false imprisonment and abuse over the treatment of 13 siblings who were found imprisoned and starving in California.

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  Jun 21, 2018
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• 911 call from California teen who escaped captivity says sisters ‘chained up’

  A 17-year-old girl who had just escaped her home of horrors called police dispatchers and revealed in a high-pitched voice the abuse that had gone on for years.

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  Jun 20, 2018
• California dad who allegedly shackled, tortured 13 children faces new charges

  Prosecutors have filed eight new charges against a California father accused of shackling and starving some of his 13 children, alleging that he lied on government forms about their schooling.

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  May 4, 2018
• Turpin children ‘full of joy’ after being freed from captivity, lawyer says

  The children were found malnourished and shackled inside what was described as a "house of horrors."

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  Mar 19, 2018
• Donations, toys pour in for California siblings allegedly held captive by parents

  County officials said they’ve received numerous calls from people offering to foster or adopt the children.

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  Jan 23, 2018
• Video shows Turpin children emerging from California home after alleged captivity

  The Turpin children were found in the family's California home by police on Jan. 14.

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  Jan 23, 2018
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• Turpin family: What we know about the California couple who allegedly held 13 children captive

  The parents — David Allen Turpin, 57, and Louise Anna Turpin, 49 — have been charged with torture and child endangerment.

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  Jan 16, 2018