JUST IN: California parents who beat, starved and held 12 of their children captive inside their home sentenced to life in prison.
David Turpin, second right, and Louise Turpin, second left, appear in court for their arraignment in Riverside, California on Jan. 18, 2018.Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.David and Louise Turpin, the California parents who beat, starved and held 12 of their children captive inside their home, were sentenced Friday to life in prison.
When authorities entered the house, they found the children — whose ages ranged between 2 and 29 years old — being held in"dark and foul-smelling surroundings," authorities said. The children were forced to spend most of their time in the house. Neighbors told NBC Los Angeles last year that they knew David and Louise had a lot of kids but weren't sure how many because"the kids didn't come out very often."where David and Louise would renew their vows. Videos showed the girls in pink dresses, white tights and heels. The boys wore dark suits with white shirts and red ties.
The siblings would also get in trouble for things like"playing with water" while they washed their hands. Prosecutors said punishment ranged from being beaten and choked to shackled to their beds with no access to the bathroom for months at a time.Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin said in January 2018 that the abuse"started out as neglect" during the 17 years the family lived near Fort Worth, Texas, and intensified when they moved to California in 2010.
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