In 2019, David and Louise Turpin pleaded guilty to multiple felony counts including torture and false imprisonment and are now serving prison sentences of 25 years to life
, they found food in their pantry, including apple pies, that were unopened and rotten.
According to Riverside County Deputy District Attorney Kevin Beecham, who worked the case that led to the couple’s imprisonment, David and Louise would eat out for almost every meal and would bring food home for themselves. They would leave some of it, including Krispy Kreme donuts, out on the counter where theirFollowing“They’d bring out pies and just leave them there and say, ‘You cannot touch this,’” Beecham tells PEOPLE.
After her arrest, Louise told authorities that she restricted the children’s diets because diabetes ran in her family. “Her lame excuse was she was worried about the kids getting diabetes and trying to keep them away from sugary stuff,” says Beecham. “She had a safe where she kept her candy. Her precious candy she would keep in her safe and she had candy in her room. A couple of times the girls got caught stealing candy from her room and that is why they started chaining them up.”
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