House of Horrors torture parents David and Louise Turpin jailed for life
David and Louise Turpin pictured during Fridays sentencing hearing. Both sobbed as their kids read v..
A mother and father who starved, shackled and abused 12 of their 13 children for years have been jailed for life.
David and Louise Turpin were handed the lengthy sentence – with a minimum of 25 years before they can be paroled – at a court hearing in Riverside, California, Friday, 15 months after their vile crimes were exposed.
The judge who sentenced them said: You have severed the ability to interact and raise your children that you have created and brought into this world…their lives have been permanently altered and their ability to learn grow and thrive.
The Turpins, who imprisoned their huge brood in a filthy rental home in Perris, California, sobbed during Fridays hearing as their kids read out victim impact statements, before apologizing for the abuse.
HAPPENING NOW: David and Louise Turpin, parents who tortured many of their 13 kids, face judge for sentencing. https://t.co/Aqj1ejcvmu
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Louise, 50, said: I am sorry for all Ive done. I love our children so much. Their happiness is so important to me. They deserve only the best in life.
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I want to say again how truly sorry i am for everything i have done to hurt them. I love them more than i could ever have imagined.
Meanwhile, David, 57, also expressed remorse, saying: I never meant any harm to come to them He went on to wish his children well with their chosen college degrees and paths in life.
David Turpin, 57, and Louise, 50, each admitted 14 felony child abuse and torture charges in February, just over a year after their crimes were exposed in January 2018.
The Turpins horrific crimes – as well as bizarre photos of the huge family dressed in matching outfits – shot them to worldwide notoriety when their behaviour was exposed last year.
House of Horrors parents David and Louise Turpin sob as abused kids face them in court
Yesterday, the harrowing phone January 2018 911 call made by the couples daughter Jordan, then 17, begging for help was released for the first time.
Jordan, who summoned help after escaping through a window and using a deactivated cellphone to dial 911 told the call dispatcher: My parents are abusive…
My two little sisters right now are chained up.
We live in filth and sometimes I wake up and I cant breathe, because of how dirty the house is.
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Asked when she had last bathed, Jordan answered: I dont know, almost aRead More – Source
