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US "House Of Horror" Couple Gets Life In Jail For Torturing Their 13 Kids
A Southern California couple was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison on Friday after the pair pleaded guilty to charges stemming from grim, headline-making accusations they beat, starved and shackled their 13 children in the family's home, prosecutors said.
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"You Want To Die": More Details Emerge From California "House Of Horrors"
Her daring escape, authorities say, took more than two years of planning. Just before sunrise, the 17-year-old climbed out of a window - and out of the home where at least three of her 12 brothers and sisters were chained to their beds as punishment, where there were toys they weren't allowed to use and food they weren't allowed to eat.
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Captive Turpin Siblings Often Marched In Circles In Their House At Night, Former Neighbor Says
The odd behavior didn't escape the neighbors, but maybe David and Louise Turpin were simply an odd couple with a big family who preferred to be private.
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A Look At The Lives Of 13 Siblings Held Captive In A House Full Of Chains - And What Comes Next
What first started as neglect, officials said, became dangerous and pervasive child abuse over the years.
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'Horrific' Conditions In California Home Where 13 Siblings Were Found
What first started as neglect, officials said, became dangerous and pervasive child abuse over the years.
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Police Comb Through Filthy California Home Where Starving Siblings Found
Investigators on Wednesday conducted an exhaustive search of the foul-smelling, filthy tract home east of Los Angeles where a California couple are accused of keeping captive and nearly starving their 13 minor and adult children, police said.
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US Teen, Held Captive With 12 Siblings, Escaped Through Window, Called 911
Neighbors rarely saw the 13 siblings who lived inside the home in Southern California, because they never went outside to play. Instead, authorities said, they were held captive in a dirty and foul-smelling house, some of them shackled to the furniture with chains and padlocks.
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Tortured, Starved California Children Rarely Seen Outside Home: Neighbours
The 13 California siblings who police said were starved and chained to beds by their parents rarely left their disheveled house and, when they did, appeared small and pale and acted strangely, neighbors said.
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13 Siblings Rescued From US Home, Some Shackled To Beds, Parents Arrested
The parents, David Allen Turpin, 57, and Louise Anna Turpin, 49, have been arrested on charges of torture and child endangerment. Their bail is set at $9 million each. They were "unable to immediately provide a logical reason" why their children were shackled and chained, authorities said.
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US "House Of Horror" Couple Gets Life In Jail For Torturing Their 13 Kids
A Southern California couple was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison on Friday after the pair pleaded guilty to charges stemming from grim, headline-making accusations they beat, starved and shackled their 13 children in the family's home, prosecutors said.
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"You Want To Die": More Details Emerge From California "House Of Horrors"
Her daring escape, authorities say, took more than two years of planning. Just before sunrise, the 17-year-old climbed out of a window - and out of the home where at least three of her 12 brothers and sisters were chained to their beds as punishment, where there were toys they weren't allowed to use and food they weren't allowed to eat.
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Captive Turpin Siblings Often Marched In Circles In Their House At Night, Former Neighbor Says
The odd behavior didn't escape the neighbors, but maybe David and Louise Turpin were simply an odd couple with a big family who preferred to be private.
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A Look At The Lives Of 13 Siblings Held Captive In A House Full Of Chains - And What Comes Next
What first started as neglect, officials said, became dangerous and pervasive child abuse over the years.
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'Horrific' Conditions In California Home Where 13 Siblings Were Found
What first started as neglect, officials said, became dangerous and pervasive child abuse over the years.
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Police Comb Through Filthy California Home Where Starving Siblings Found
Investigators on Wednesday conducted an exhaustive search of the foul-smelling, filthy tract home east of Los Angeles where a California couple are accused of keeping captive and nearly starving their 13 minor and adult children, police said.
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US Teen, Held Captive With 12 Siblings, Escaped Through Window, Called 911
Neighbors rarely saw the 13 siblings who lived inside the home in Southern California, because they never went outside to play. Instead, authorities said, they were held captive in a dirty and foul-smelling house, some of them shackled to the furniture with chains and padlocks.
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Tortured, Starved California Children Rarely Seen Outside Home: Neighbours
The 13 California siblings who police said were starved and chained to beds by their parents rarely left their disheveled house and, when they did, appeared small and pale and acted strangely, neighbors said.
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13 Siblings Rescued From US Home, Some Shackled To Beds, Parents Arrested
The parents, David Allen Turpin, 57, and Louise Anna Turpin, 49, have been arrested on charges of torture and child endangerment. Their bail is set at $9 million each. They were "unable to immediately provide a logical reason" why their children were shackled and chained, authorities said.
