**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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Factfinder2 ago
The Sandcastle Day School they operated out of their house was listed on the California Dept. of Education School Directory: http://archive.is/4WkYz
School website/parent reviews: https://www.sandcastleschool.com/parent-reviews/
The website is fake. They say they are a Cadence School, but the Cadence website says they have no school in Perris, CA: https://www.cadence-education.com/locations/?miles=25&zip=92570
Celticgirlonamission ago
All I could think about when I read Sandcastle School was middle eastern Princes...what were they teaching the children there? How to please a middle eastern Saudi? And if this was there only means of supporting themselves then at least Trump is slowing this down...unfortunately the kids are the ones hurting...I hate these vile people