**People don't do this for no reason. **
'I didn't even know kids were living there': Horrified neighbors say they cannot believe couple 'shackled their 13 emaciated children to beds' after teen girl escaped and called 911
Neighbors have expressed their horror after discovering a quiet suburban couple allegedly shackled their 13 children to beds in a filthy room, before a teenage girl escaped, called the police and saved her siblings.
David Allen Turpin, 57, and Louise Anna Turpin, 49, were arrested at their home in Perris, California, on Sunday after their children - aged between two and 29 years old - were found padlocked and chained inside a foul-smelling room, according to police.
Riverside County Sheriff's Department began investigating after a 17-year-old girl freed herself, escaped the home and called the police on a cell phone she stole from inside the property on Sunday morning, cops said.
The girl's 12 siblings were then discovered by officers, who charged their parents with torture and child endangerment.
But shocked neighbors on Muir Woods Road said they did not even know children lived in the property, and were horrified to learn what was really going on inside.
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rickman ago
Apparently this is a side by side of where they used to live and their current home where the kids were found. https://kek.gg/i/52Qptb.png
I don't know much about American houses but to me it looks like they downsized. Did they decide to get a smaller house in order to keep the children under control more easily?
Was the school a front for a child sex ring?
Shizy ago
I tried to look up the old house on Zillow and can't find that exact address on that street so that's odd. The new house is over 2300 sq feet so it's not exactly tiny. A lot of these newer American track homes often look smaller when they are single story than they really are. They may not have necessarily downsized, just moved to a different community since Murrietta and Perris aren't exactly close by each other.
I'm still bothered by not being able to find the old house....